Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:38:35 -0200 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WITHOUT_TELNET=yes .. does it work? Message-ID: <200911181638.35675.gnemmi@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be0911180905g15ee6e8ctfc89b3a033904e8b@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0911180905g15ee6e8ctfc89b3a033904e8b@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wednesday 18 November 2009 3:05:00 pm b. f. wrote: > >On 18 Nov 2009, at 14:01, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > >> Robert Watson <rwatson at FreeBSD.org> writes: > >>> Olivier Smedts <olivier at gid0.org> writes: > >>>> But someone (you, me...) can file a PR to add them to OLD_FILES > >>>> when WITHOUT_TELNET is set to yes, like it's done for some other > >>>> WITHOUT_ options. > >>> > >>> If it's done for other WITHOUT_ options, it's not obvious to me. > >> > >> tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc > >> > >> Poor placement IMHO, we shouldn't have dependencies from src into > >> tools. > > > >Its obscure location explains why it doesn't work. :-) Maybe it > > Not altogether: it works fine, for those knobs that developers have > seen fit to support in the file. The problem is that some developers > neglect it entirely. > > >should be src/OptionalFiles.inc? That said, it still sounds like a > > >significant maintenance problem to me: we have a lot of >WITHOUT_ > > options, and they may have non-trivial interactions... > > Being aware of what is built, and what is installed, is part of > maintaining the base system > is little more than writing down information that developers should > already have determined if they are properly supporting the various > base system knobs. =20 +10 > Along with the knobs, it's very useful to those=20 > of us who want to remove unneeded parts of the base system, and I > wish it was more conscientiously maintained. Let's not exaggerate > the difficulties involved in doing so. +10 > For the fellow who was concerned about removing his SSH port: yes, > it's something to consider. But you are not obliged to run make > delete-old[-libs], and even if you do want to run it, you can do so > without defining WITHOUT_SSH. > > Regards, > b. Best Regards Gonzalo Nemmi
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200911181638.35675.gnemmi>