From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jun 27 9: 9: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D9D37C091 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:09:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id JAA06004; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:08:21 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda06002; Tue Jun 27 09:08:08 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id JAA32987; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200006271608.JAA32987@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Received: from localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "passer.osg.gov.bc.ca" via SMTP by localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdM32972; Tue Jun 27 09:07:10 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-Sender: cy To: Chuck Robey Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , Will Andrews , Wes Peters , Sheldon Hearn , arch@FreeBSD.ORG, papowell@astart.com Subject: Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:32:53 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:07:10 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Chuck Robey writes: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > > > A suggestion I made, that only Patrick picked up on and which requires > > repeating, was to create lpr/lpc/lpd applications that were of similar > > structure to /usr/sbin/sendmail, which performed a table lookup, to > > find the real application to be used. > > > > The advantages would be that both lpr/lpd and LPRng, and by extension > > sendmail and postfix, could be included in base and administrators > > could use whichever application they wanted based upon functionality, > > security, license preference, or any other criteria. Even if only one > > print application were in the base, it would make making the other the > > default much easier. > > > > Wouldn't this compromise or a form of this compromise satisfy most > > everyone? > > Nope. Your suggestion is an adjunct to making software changeable, and > something like it has already been done for sendmail/postfix, but it > doesn't answer the question at all, merely makes changing things > easier. The question is, I remind you, whether or not to remove lpd and > replace it with lprng, now HOW to replace it. We can pretty much figure > out how. Calm down. I was saying that we don't have to replace anything. Both can live in FreeBSD side-by-side. The only downside to this is additional work required to maintain both and the additional space required. Hence the word compromise. > > Go take a look at /etc/mail/mailer.conf, or mailer.conf(5). Your basic > idea is just fine (something about imitation being flattery, like that). That's what I just said. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message