Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:29:02 -0700 From: Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deprecating base system ftpd? Message-ID: <d2dcca4130b67e4b6cd0c3636af1c3a5@bsdforge.com> In-Reply-To: <b02de7e6e08e63b0ee281432bffd834b34761d50.camel@freebsd.org> References: <CAPyFy2AbP2X339zbemZ9Y8edjNKdyygnR9mH48Q78nxwDtOBAg@mail.gmail.com> <b02de7e6e08e63b0ee281432bffd834b34761d50.camel@freebsd.org>
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On 2021-04-04 12:10, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Sat, 2021-04-03 at 16:39 -0400, Ed Maste wrote: >> I propose deprecating the ftpd currently included in the base system >> before FreeBSD 14, and opened review D26447 >> (https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26447) to add a notice to the man page. >> I had originally planned to try to do this before 13.0, but it >> dropped >> off my list. FTP is not nearly as relevant now as it once was, and it >> had a security vulnerability that secteam had to address. >> >> I'm happy to make a port for it if anyone needs it. Comments? >> > > I would find the removal of ftpd to be very inconvenient unless there > was a port/pkg to install it from. > > If there is a port, it would only be useful if I could set PREFIX=/usr > when building/installing it, so that its behavior when installed as a > port/pkg would be identical to how it was when it was part of base (in > terms of where its config files are located). I like the sound of that. Except that I'd like to do it one better and suggest something along the lines of PORTS_MODULES in make.conf(5). Maybe PORTS_DAEMONS= ftpd sshd rpcbind nfsd ypbind inetd etc... That might make it a tenable for situation for everyone. ;-) --Chris > > -- Ian > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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