Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:04:47 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: Removing file(1)+libmagic(3) from the base system Message-ID: <4654823F.8000502@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0705231346400.9867@sea.ntplx.net> References: <46546E16.9070707@freebsd.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0705231346400.9867@sea.ntplx.net>
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Daniel Eischen wrote: > On Wed, 23 May 2007, Colin Percival wrote: >> Can anyone make a strong argument for keeping this code in the base >> system? > > Yes, because other OS's have it (file) in their base, and because > it is a POSIX-defined utility. To be fair, POSIX does define it as being optional. > Please consider this a strong no. Noted. Colin Percival
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