From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 08:15:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D2B616A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:15:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2EE343D53 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:15:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i06GFkxn075771 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:15:47 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i06GFkDn075770; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:15:46 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:15:46 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Jose Maria Message-ID: <20040106161546.GB74304@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Jose Maria , FreeBSD Questions References: <20040106154530.GA776@tessier.no-ip.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Y7xTucakfITjPcLV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040106154530.GA776@tessier.no-ip.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Quit gcc from base install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:15:55 -0000 --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 04:45:30PM +0100, Jose Maria wrote: > I want to use a FreeBSD like a production server and I don't need gcc in = it.=20 > Can I quit or uninstall gcc from the base install? FreeBSD is a good choice for a production server. Sure you can remove gcc if you want -- but you'll have to do it manually after installing the system the normal way. You'll lose the ability to update the system as required when security patches come out and give yourself occasional grief in other ways, but you can certainly remove gcc. I'm really not sure what the point of doing this is. If it's on "security grounds" then you need to beware of woolly-minded thinking: anyone capable of breaking into a properly secured FreeBSD box will be eminiently capable of copying gcc onto it as well. Of of compiling programs elsewhere and copying the results onto the machine. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/+t8ydtESqEQa7a0RAgLrAJ9K0s4hxkPPeiwk899AC0ncTk/woQCbBsDF bGSNSl8kMNRLAELJd8Iihic= =ryMW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV--