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To: Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net>
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Subject: Re: tcp_wrappers in contrib? 
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In-Reply-To: <20000214195115.B31247@dub.net> ; from Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net>  "Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:51:15 PST."
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:47:14 +0200
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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> In looking at 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=14024 today, I realized that:
> 
> 1) this PR indeed needs fixed. hosts_access(3|5) both mention the
> hosts.deny file which we no longer use. 

_We_ don't use it; it can be used if you want...

> 2) tcp_wrappers are still in contrib which means #1 can't really be
> fixed. 

It can; it is just discouraged.

> Since tcp_wrappers are now part of the base system and we don't
> use it exactly stock, is it time to move tcp_wrappers out of contrib?

Eeeeew. Sleeping dogs; let's do what fixes we can where it is.

M
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