Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:39:38 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: cjclark@home.com, Christopher Michaels - SSG <ChrisMic@sbservices.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing Networking from kernel Message-ID: <19990212143938.Z491@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199902120408.XAA20097@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from Crist J. Clark on Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 11:08:30PM -0500 References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5ED5@site2s1> <199902120408.XAA20097@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On Thursday, 11 February 1999 at 23:08:30 -0500, Crist J. Clark wrote: > Christopher Michaels - SSG wrote, >> Essentially no, you need INET. FreeBSD is a network operating system at >> it's core, and to my knowledge won't operate properly w/o it. >> >> Here is a snippet from the handbook: >> (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook61.html) >> >> options INET >> >> Networking support. Leave it in even if you do not plan to be >> connected to a network. Most programs require at least loopback networking >> (i.e. making network connections within your PC) so this is essentially >> mandatory. > > Then why is it even an "option" in the kernel config if it cannot be > built without it? Hysterical raisins. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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