Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:36:43 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dangers of deleting all packages? Message-ID: <20020412203642.A34738@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020412233235.62946.qmail@web13405.mail.yahoo.com>; from andrewgould@yahoo.com on Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:32:35PM -0700 References: <20020412233235.62946.qmail@web13405.mail.yahoo.com>
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--EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:32:35PM -0700, Andrew Gould wrote: > If I pkg_delete them all, I should be left with a > functional core system....right? Or are certain > packages a part of the base system? The only packages you might have installed are security upgrade packages you might have chosen to install. If you deinstall those then you shouldn't be left with a nonfunctional system, but you will re-open the original security hole. Other than that you should be fine. Kris --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8t6fKWry0BWjoQKURAn5gAJ0bcCmsi79eEi0jJwLC0JqczyPotgCgkUFc oiSoRsE3wQVEpU7xrsaw5Z4= =5dIo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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