Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:12:52 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@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: <7158.1179947572@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 May 2007 09:38:46 MST." <46546E16.9070707@freebsd.org>
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In message <46546E16.9070707@freebsd.org>, Colin Percival writes: >FreeBSD architects and file(1) maintainer, > >I'd like to remove file(1) and libmagic(3) from the FreeBSD base system >for the following reasons: >1. I don't see it as being a necessary component of a UNIX-like operating >system. On this I would tend to disagree strongly. The ability to identify random files have been a key component of UNIX for many years and I think people would be significantly surprised if we stopped providing it. One mitigating option would be to open the magic file and input and sequester the file process in a jail. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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