From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 28 17: 4:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145B837B401 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:04:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A289943E88 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:04:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAT14Xga062684; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:04:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAT14WD5062683; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:04:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:04:32 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: Kris Kennaway , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6 Message-ID: <20021129010432.GA62625@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20021128185115.GB31746@rot13.obsecurity.org> <200211282349.gASNmns93297@flip.jhs.private> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200211282349.gASNmns93297@flip.jhs.private> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:48:49AM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:22:16PM +0100, Julian Stacey wrote: > > > 5.0-DP2 (unlike 4.7) has no src/usr.bin/rdist - just ports/net/rdist6 > > >=20 > > > rdist6 is supposed to be better, but no rdist after basic install is a pa= > > in. > > >=20 > > > Has this been well debated already ? or should I file a Send-PR ? > > > > It was moved to the 44bsd-rdist port, because it's not particularly > > useful thesedays in the fact of better tools like rsync. > > Thanks Kris, > > - But Rsync (1.5M) is also not in src/ ! Is there some reason you can't install it from /usr/ports/net/rsync? > - Rdist(1) is in the 4.3 UCB blue ring bound URM manual. Principle > of least suprise could have left it. Rdist is more generic on > older Unixes, which often have no rdist6 or rsync. When was 4.3 UCB released? > - Does src/ have anything protocol compatible with most > other older &/or commercial Unix bases ? Is there some reason you can't install /usr/ports/net/44bsd-rdist? > - 4.3 UCB URM does not even list man fortune(1) yet 5.0-DP2 > src/games/fortune bloats 3735K. ports/net/44bsd-rdist takes 297K, > 4.7 src/usr.bin/rdist is just 114K. The size of fortune is irrelevant. > - Please consider restoring rdist to FreeBSD. Thanks. No thanks. It was removed almost 2 years ago because better alternatives are available. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message