Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:39:42 -0400 From: "AlanE@FreeBSD.org" <bsdmail@geeksrus.net> To: Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org>, KDE FreeBSD List <kde-freebsd@lists.csociety.org> Subject: Re: standalone startup of famd Message-ID: <20020910163942.GA77123@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <20020910183723.G50626-100000@levais.imp.ch> References: <200209101600.g8AG0EMT083746@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020910183723.G50626-100000@levais.imp.ch>
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:37:52PM +0200, Martin Blapp wrote: > >Hi Alan, > >What is the reason that you don't support that anymore ? 1. It's idiot proof (for most values of idiot) to have just one way to do it (this is ports, not perl). 2. SGI recommends inetd. 3. Unless you edit the config file to change the timeout, once you quit kde, fam will go away, and most people don't know enough to either edit the config file or restart the damn thing. 4. If I try to explain (3) it'll totally negate (1). -- Alan Eldridge Unix/IT Pro, 20+ yrs, seeking new employment. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.txt) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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