From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 11 02:21:16 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 185DFC0C5DF for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:21:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-f43.google.com (mail-it0-f43.google.com [209.85.214.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E38A2EC2 for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:21:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-f43.google.com with SMTP id z65so9287559itc.0 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:21:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=UwH8L7v1rPjN+PJpM/IBHL4nUVy+qNbYJWGsphHABZ4=; b=FdUn8C5dxIId6Niu/rdeOydOVPiAIrdE6RYca9AslNGK+D1TE/3ju2S4/k8XbafXyo UZK3YxMr+S91UbcVd2v5Bt8aqdwQzfPdElOebSA+f50Q2Krm5v4lWFGnPo7NFuJCFCva rWDoKncajAYQOm4Y9GbDX1BbdvuQiXULX3TbDDO2w9CKKgCig0gpAe5cGE45I1TeYY1H M4grmCmRDWqnJccLOOIrlatgZ4EKZdlIGESjFWMIcvY+MKiDFzkAQ0N2Ka2ekG8Z5bXc iQtpaOXQjDXYOccHBZtv9JHOjfiNycrLMNaJORtZCCIEEcvrd3tgSU0BS+5ZVinXmRci XW8A== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9Rk5VCKLtba8SDezNnI9A7brJrB74StCVb0OHQIwc3ChxpIcCUC8vHSaQASzp8o8LQ== X-Received: by 10.36.65.22 with SMTP id x22mr15368052ita.111.1476148959970; Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:22:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home (75-161-202-132.mpls.qwest.net. [75.161.202.132]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n191sm7821373itg.17.2016.10.10.18.22.38 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (WorkBox.Home [local]) by WorkBox.Home (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id a3817780; Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:22:36 -0500 (CDT) References: <20161010090114.GA3988@c720-r292778-amd64> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Matthias Apitz Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant && port security/wpa_supplicant In-reply-to: <20161010090114.GA3988@c720-r292778-amd64> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:22:36 -0500 Message-ID: <86a8eby90j.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:21:16 -0000 Matthias Apitz writes: > Hello, > > What is the reason for us to have wpa_supplicant in the base system and > as port security/wpa_supplicant? > > Thanks > > matthias The version in the ports tree is more recent than that in base. The port can also be used to create a customized build, if so desired. Some NICs might require features not present in the default build in the base system. Same goes for Kerberos, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and other utilities present in the base system. Please note that the version in ports being a *later* version does not inherently mean being *better*, and that the version in base being an *earlier* version does not make that version inferior or undesirable. Just trying to head off a bikeshed discussion with that point. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------