From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Nov 11 16:52:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB9B37B4CF for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:52:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id QAA11635; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:52:31 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda11633; Sat Nov 11 16:52:28 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.1/8.9.1) id eAC0qMX01284; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:52:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdRI1282; Sat Nov 11 16:52:20 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.1/8.9.1) id eAC0qJ235536; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:52:19 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011120052.eAC0qJ235536@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdE35532; Sat Nov 11 16:52:18 2000 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE X-Mailer: nmh 1.0.4, Exmh 2.1.1 X-Sender: cy To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Subject: Re: updating rdist In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 11 Nov 2000 14:52:51 PST." <20001111145251.D21664@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:52:17 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20001111145251.D21664@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: > On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 07:45:53AM -0800, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Gro > up wrote: > > In message <20001111035905.A82574@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" > > writes: > > > I have just committed a `44bsd-rdist' port. > > > So the question is, do we totally remove `rdist' from the base system, > > > or update it to rdist 6.1.5? > > On to another idea and another tangent: Why not leave both rdists in > > ports and have sysinstall ask the user whether 44bsd-rdist (compatible > > with most vendors UNIX systems), rdist6 (compatible with Linux), and/or > > rsync be installed. > > It already does, thru the Package installation submenu. ;-) One last request, if you missed it, please don't put it in base. Let the user decide whether to install 44bsd-rdist, rdist6, both, or neither. As they don't support the same protocol, this may cause confusion for those who think rdist6 may interoperate with Solaris or other vendor's rdist, while rdist6 will interoperate with RedHat Linux rdist. Also, documentation clarifying interoperability issues between the two major versions of rdist s/b put in the handbook and/or the description files of each port. (We could even put a plug in for rsync). 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