From owner-cvs-etc Sun Aug 10 02:15:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA12605 for cvs-etc-outgoing; Sun, 10 Aug 1997 02:15:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from burka.rdy.com (dima@burka.rdy.com [205.149.163.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA12593; Sun, 10 Aug 1997 02:15:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by burka.rdy.com id CAA19087; (8.8.6/RDY) Sun, 10 Aug 1997 02:14:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708100914.CAA19087@burka.rdy.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc aliases In-Reply-To: <1521.871203688@critter.dk.tfs.com> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Aug 10, 97 11:01:28 am" To: phk@critter.dk.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 02:14:37 -0700 (PDT) Cc: fenner@parc.xerox.com, wosch@apfel.de, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Class: Fast Organization: HackerDome Reply-To: dima@best.net From: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > In message <97Aug10.014925pdt.177512@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>, Bill Fenner writ > es: > >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >>Yes, I'm still contemplating deleting that second part, it seems positively > >>bogus to me... > > > >I'm confused - why are three of the aliases from RFC2142 good enough to > >have by default, and the rest are too bogus to have in the file at all? > > Either they are there pointing to something, or they should be taken out > lock stock or barrel. Comments will not do anyone any good... Why not simply create /usr/share/examples/etc/aliases and put all this stuff there? > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. > http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. > whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. > Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail. > -- dima