From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 11 13:46:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02FCD37B78B; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:46:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA82202; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:44:58 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:44:57 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Sheldon Hearn , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues In-Reply-To: <200007112004.NAA13351@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > > Meta packages like, bin, would include everything necessary and could > be structured in such a way were the user would be required to choose > between for example nvi or vim (IMO better than nvi). In the end you > would have a df, dd, and vi, the one of your choosing. Choosing no vi > for example would not be an option. (Sorry but vi is the example that > comes to mind here). This would apply equally to lpr/LPRng, MTA's, > named, or anything else in the system. > The trick of course is that there needs to still be an agreed - upon (possibly minimal) set that always gets installed. The list would definately start with things like ln, ls, df, du, dd (sh, and other two letter commands) and would probably be a subset of Unix9x required commands. Anything presently in /bin is a must (IMHO) but in say /sbin most people can do without atm (but not much else). And at least IMHO bind is not an optional component. But pccard, ctm, isdn, and several others are. > > 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