From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 29 08:07:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA21664 for current-outgoing; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:07:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unb15.campus.unal.edu.co ([200.21.26.240]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA21620 Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:06:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from pedro@localhost) by unb15.campus.unal.edu.co (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA04839; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:07:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:07:02 -0500 (EST) From: "Pedro Giffuni S." To: Gary Palmer cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MH mail: part II (Final Reply) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > The main reason I proposed it included is that it is a nonsense to > > install xmh to find out it won`t run unless you add the mh package. > > That is not something we have much control over. XMH is part of the > release from the X Consortium, and hence is in the XFree86 > release. Why it is there, I have no idea. > > > It is an option ... if you go to the package installation screen. By some reason that option doesn`t work when installing from a DOS or NFS mounted partition. I suspect it doesn`t work on the 2.1R CD either! Perhaps the archives` names were cut out? > > MH is in no way (that I know of) ``traditional UNIX'' ... ``mail'' > (found in /usr/bin on FreeBSD) is the ``traditional'' interface to the > mail system, not the Rand MH system. As for ``runs by default'', MH is > supplied PRE-COMPILED in the packages collection. What more could you > ask for? > The games distribution, for example, can`t be considered "traditional" UNIX either, and I wouldn`t consider it esential... SCO UNIX offers the option to install them in a separate user. Something similar occurs with MH, it is included as an option on AIX an several others. I don`t mean, at all, that it should come default on the kernel, I just mean it should have the same level as the games distribution., The port and packages are also included in the same CD, so I don`t see why its such a big deal! > That is not controversial, and the discussion about inclusion of > MH in the base system is at an end. It just won't happen. > I can accept that, I won`t discuss anymore... best regards, Pedro > Gary > -- > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info. > >