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Date:      Tue, 25 Jun 2002 20:10:54 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Time to look put more resources into FreeSSH ?
Message-ID:  <20020625200524.O69343-100000@a2>
In-Reply-To: <20020625035702.F95270-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Darren Reed wrote:
>
> > What do others think about creating a little "bio-diversity" and
> > moving from OpenSSH to FreeSSH at some point in the future as the
> > "default" ssh installed ?
>
> If it moves the ssh utility out of the system so that the upgrade path is
> via ports rather than build/install world then I'm for it.
>
> Having OpenSSH in the source tree doesn't buy us anything over having it
> in ports and managing our local patches in the projects/ CVS hierarchy.

I agree with this.  I set NO_OPENSSH and NO_OPENSSL in my /etc/make.conf
and use ports.  Apart from being able to upgrade independently of the
system, I like having the /usr/local/etc/rc.d scripts on hand.  Why
doesn't FreeBSD make these scripts exist in a stand alone form for things
that get installed with the system?  Is there a philosophy behind it, or
is it just historical?

Andrew


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