Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:28:06 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Small, useful tools (Was: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question) Message-ID: <19990126192806.A68626@titan.klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199901261814.UAA50298@greenpeace.grondar.za>; from Mark Murray on Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 08:14:16PM %2B0200 References: <26964.917370498@critter.freebsd.dk> <199901261814.UAA50298@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 08:14:16PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > >Examples: more is a subset of less > > > > Isn't our current "more" actually and older version of "less" ? > > Easily possible. > > > ><asbestos> > > >For other small bits-of-code, there is my old favourite, tcp_wrappers > > ></asbestos> > > > > I think I would support tcp_wrappers in FreeBSD, if it wasn't because > > our current modus operandi for src/contrib suffers in so many ways. > > <Trigger Who="Jordan" Keyword="New package system"> As things stand > > I think it is better left as a port. > > Tcp_wrappers are small enough to bmake directly. Trivial job. I'd second this with respect to FreeBSD getting an entry in the ,hall of fames' of "Ultra secure" BSD's ;-) -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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