Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:46:25 -0600 From: Anti <fearow@attbi.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: list@linopryne.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why BIND and sendmail installed by default? Message-ID: <20030313174625.0f43f0ac.fearow@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030312211148.GA21463@gothmog.gr> References: <1598.192.168.0.4.1047484743.squirrel@mail.linopryne.com> <20030312211148.GA21463@gothmog.gr>
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:11:48 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: [snip] > really very, *very*, basic services that a Unix machine should be > ready to serve without having to go through tons of ports/packages > just to install bind. why not just have the package install by default so those who don't want it can easily remove it? [snip a bunch of arguments moot were the packages installed by default instead of making everything part of the base system] > With a spare partition /dev/ad0s2a that can be used as a temp root > directory the process should be as easy as: [snip] you don't need a spare partition, any empty directory will do. whenever i install freebsd i do a minimal install, then build and install world and kernel from source with everything possible disabled in make.conf, then installkernel, installworld, mergemaster -i -D to an empty directory, then use diff to find all the crap that can be deleted. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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