Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:28:29 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@ofw.fi> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing Sendmail Message-ID: <XFMail.20030402162829.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030402232853.4d218710.dan.naumov@ofw.fi>
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On 02-Apr-2003 Dan Naumov wrote: > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:56:40 +0200 > Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 02:29:30PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: >> > >> > I find an odd situation here whenever this topic comes up. One the >> > one hand, people are always wanting to split the entire base system >> > up into small packages for each little piece of the base. On the >> > other hand, one of FreeBSD's selling points in real-world >> > environments is that it doesn't have a bunch of little packages for >> > the base system like Linux distros. Do people really prefer >> > something like having rpm's for /bin/ps to having one lump base dist >> > for all of /bin, /sbin, etc.? >> >> <Barf><Puke> One of the worst mis-features of Linux in my book. > > > I think being able to update just about ANYTHING, except the kernel > without the need for a reboot is one of the best features of Linux and > actual advantages it has over FreeBSD. You have to reboot to do a 'make install' in src/bin/ps? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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