From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 07:24:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E1216A421 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 07:24:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B66313C48A for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 07:24:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.12]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JIJ00CQ3B6V4L60@l-daemon> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 May 2007 01:23:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml7so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.151]) by pd3mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JIJ00KXOB6ULXO0@pd3mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 May 2007 01:23:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.18.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JIJ001T6B6T7W71@l-daemon> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 May 2007 01:23:18 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 4183 invoked from network); Thu, 24 May 2007 07:23:07 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Thu, 24 May 2007 07:23:07 +0000 Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 00:23:06 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <20070524062155.GA39887@dragon.NUXI.org> To: obrien@freebsd.org, Colin Percival , "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" Message-id: <46553D5A.9090304@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 References: <46546E16.9070707@freebsd.org> <20070524062155.GA39887@dragon.NUXI.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070511) Cc: Subject: Re: RFC: Removing file(1)+libmagic(3) from the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 07:24:17 -0000 > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:38:46AM -0700, Colin Percival wrote: >> FreeBSD architects and file(1) maintainer, >> >> 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. Ok, so far I've seen 3 votes in favour (including my own) and 15 votes against removing file; so I guess it's not time to swing the axe quite yet. David, could you please import file-4.21 to the vendor branch once it is released? Or if you don't mind importing something onto the vendor branch which isn't quite what the vendor distributed, I can give you a security patch generated against file-4.20. Colin Percival