Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:13:11 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: RFC: doscmd removal Message-ID: <20040314101311.GB63843@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20040314093143.GA4906@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040314022615.GA21795@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20040314052944.GA75355@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> <20040314075329.GA3927@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20040314082307.GA80283@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> <20040314093143.GA4906@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 01:31:43AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 10:23:07AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > > > > > I plan to remove doscmd from the base system for the sole reason = that it > > > > > is no longer useful. Any objections? > > > >=20 > > > > Why would you want to remove it? It is still very usefull. I use it > > > > regularly. The only drawback currently is that the Makefile is set > > > > up in such a way that it does not pick up X during a "make world", > > > > so after a "make world" you have to build it again to pick up X. > > > > Built without X it is less usefull. > > >=20 > > > This is exactly the reason why the source tree is not the right > > > place for doscmd. > >=20 > > That might be and is the reason I asked for the reasoning behind it. One > > reason why keeping it in the tree is good, is because it help pick API > > changes that break it. Out in ports it might take a while to pick that > > up and then it will be the poor user's problem. :-/ Doscmd use parts of > > the kernel that isn't used by many other programs. >=20 > Port compile problems are typically picked up on bento within a week, > and often within 24 hours. >=20 No, the question was rather: how often the kernel gets updated on bento? Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov FreeBSD committer ru@FreeBSD.org --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVDA3Ukv4P6juNwoRAgNIAJwPMmgMwCKu2Uoa30l6pN6cCu1QGwCfVa/0 deoGMbFgPoDQyKMeM+FYb4Q= =C7vl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb--
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