Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:47:50 +0100 (CET) From: "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6 Message-ID: <200211302347.gAUNlo016003@flip.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:52:28 MST." <20021128.195228.118628964.imp@bsdimp.com>
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"M. Warner Losh" wrote:
> : > - Please consider restoring rdist to FreeBSD. Thanks.
>
> And the number of security problems with rdist are legion. A large
> component of the decision to remove it from the base was the high
> incidence of security problems with the original code. That, coupled
> with the rdist6 incompatibility and the better alternatives, lead us
> to remove it from the tree rather than update the code.
Thanks Warner, OK "security problems ... legion" ... fair enough !
> Next thing you'll be wanting perl back in the base system :-)
<Chuckle>, not me :-)
I didn't want to consume list time on a discussion if rdist had
been previously debated & lost, but I had no idea current had
debated it. rdist might have been one of those commits that just
slip through without much review sometimes. I haven't been tracking
current for a long time prior to call for DP2 tester, (so perhaps
I'm a good tester, 'cos I'll trip & fall on what you long term current
folk know to step over/round, & not trip on), but I Did first first ask:
Has this been well debated already ? or should I file a Send-PR ?
& until my last post, I saw no indication of previous debate.
Only then did I get:
Mark M's "Debate over."
Kris's: [...Other stale arguments deleted...]
(which probably crossed with mail batch reading & timezones, with mine).
Julian Stacey
jhs @ berklix.com Computer Systems Engineer, Unix & Net Consultant, Munich.
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