Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 12:40:15 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A proposed drastic cleanup of the telnet build. Message-ID: <200306051140.h55BeFHh013268@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Jun 2003 13:46:20 %2B0300." <20030605104620.GA47983@sunbay.com>
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Ruslan Ermilov writes: > > The downside is that base telnet will depend on src/crypto/telnet, > > so folks in dodgy countries which don't allow them to have crypto > > source will not be able to do telnet development, and they will > > not get a "fresh" telnet[d] after a make world. > > > > Comments? I'm keen to go on this. > > > I'm not so sure about this. If it would be possible to extract > the crypto bits of the telnet sources to separate source files, > and leave them under src/crypto/, I think that would be the best, > but if it's too hard, well, the price could be paid. The point is that src/crypto is the part of the tree that will be trimmed if there is a ban on crypto source. Part of the same point is to avoid having duplicate sources, resulting in folks editing only one and having code divergence between the two. > Still, even if we decide to leave both copies of sources, > reducing the number of (lib)telnet(d) makefiles to one set > is the way to go. Thats the idea! M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH
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