From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 13:28:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19CB37B401 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:28:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail11.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EFC143F3F for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:28:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 13906 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2003 21:28:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 2 Apr 2003 21:28:39 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h32LSTOv024079; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 16:28:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030402232853.4d218710.dan.naumov@ofw.fi> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:28:29 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Dan Naumov cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing Sendmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:28:33 -0000 On 02-Apr-2003 Dan Naumov wrote: > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:56:40 +0200 > Wilko Bulte 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.? >> >> 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 <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/