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Date:      Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:29:54 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Peter Schultz <peter@jocose.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removing Sendmail
Message-ID:  <3E8B01F2.B3E02FC8@mindspring.com>
References:  <3E8AED1B.10606@jocose.org> <3E8AEFBF.D1D640E3@mindspring.com> <3E8AFB2F.3040701@jocose.org>

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Peter Schultz wrote:
> Why not just have these logged by default instead?  Like /var/log/daily,
> and whatnot.  Anyone with half a care about this stuff can easily make
> their own modifications, those who don't care will never know the
> difference.

Because syslog is unreliable.  See "BUGS" section of the man page.


> I'm sorry for beating a dead horse.

That's OK; it happens every CERT advisory, and every time someone
dails to install Postfix or whatever.


> I'm just hoping core
> will say, "submit a working solution and it will be done," so that
> there's a little inspiration here.

Not likely; that's not really the function of "core".  They
aren't the architectural board, or the people concerned with
the installer, they are a governing body and a court of last
appeal.

If you look over the historical cases of this discussion,
you'll see that the answer always comes down to "make the
system more modular, so people can replace XXX with YYY and
quit bothering us; please send patches".  8-) 8-).

-- Terry



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