Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:00:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: Removing file(1)+libmagic(3) from the base system Message-ID: <20070523135730.O43231@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <46546E16.9070707@freebsd.org> References: <46546E16.9070707@freebsd.org>
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> I'd like to remove file(1) and libmagic(3) from the FreeBSD base system > for the following reasons: > 1. I don't see it as being a necessary component of a UNIX-like operating > system. I do, and so does POSIX. I use file(1) on a daily basis. So does every sysadmin I know. > 2. It's available in the ports tree. Everything is available in the ports tree. Please leave file alone. It's happy where it is. --lyndon The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
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