Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 01:30:00 +0200 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improve OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc Message-ID: <AANLkTimsaWe-ZyUNW0Teg=%2B7w4TR=4hoOTk%2BeBOdHqSO@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimWMUFrj1OfUVEaPKactWr9sWJhvVW2MfDPSB7T@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikXQmzE4r8wNbxp_Xp7u-5URj66DrOfC1JaK5jA@mail.gmail.com> <20101004122325.11342p9v1rnwp6w4@webmail.leidinger.net> <AANLkTimYCA3rRHgbtjPX=sGHd2mXURHBotNB=KHJi9AR@mail.gmail.com> <20101004123629.GA4308@straylight.ringlet.net> <AANLkTimWMUFrj1OfUVEaPKactWr9sWJhvVW2MfDPSB7T@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/4/10, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 11:01:45AM +0000, Paul B Mahol wrote: >>> On 10/4/10, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: >>> > Quoting Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> (from Sun, 3 Oct 2010 13:53:2= 6 >>> > +0000): >>> > >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> diff --git a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc >>> >> b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc >>> >> index d3aa4b2..2123107 100644 >>> >> --- a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc >>> >> +++ b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc >>> >> @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/share/man/man8/authpf.8.gz >>> >> =A0.endif >>> >> >>> >> =A0.if ${MK_BIND} =3D=3D no >>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/470.status-named >>> > >>> > If bind is installed from ports instead, this file could be useful, >>> > isn't >>> > it? >>> > >>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/dig >>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/host >>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/nslookup >>> > >>> > [...] >>> > >>> >> @@ -1976,6 +1998,11 @@ OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/share/man/man8/rtquery.8.gz >>> >> =A0.endif >>> >> >>> >> =A0.if ${MK_SENDMAIL} =3D=3D no >>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/150.clean-hoststat >>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/210.backup-aliases >>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/440.status-mailq >>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/460.status-mail-rejects >>> >> +OLD_FILES+=3Detc/periodic/daily/500.queuerun >>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dbin/rmail >>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/bin/vacation >>> >> =A0OLD_FILES+=3Dusr/include/libmilter/mfapi.h >>> > >>> > At least status-mailq is still useful with other MTAs, e.g. if you us= e >>> > postfix (and assuming the mailwrapper is configured correctly), this >>> > should still work. Depending on the setup of the aliases, >>> > backup-aliases will still work too. I haven't checked for the other >>> > ones. >>> >>> If you want to keep some "old" files, you just need to press `n' instea= d >>> of `y' >>> when deleting files. You are not forced to run make delete-old at all. >> >> On the other hand, doing this (skipping those files) on each and every >> system >> update (say, on a development or testing machine) could get a bit... bor= ing >> - >> not to mention that at some point you'll learn to "oh, just say no", and >> then >> forget to remove something important. > > Oh! I see... I want it in black. Hold your horses there ... get it to work as expected and then, _and_only_then_ you can start raising your finger and accussing poster of bikesheding ... As it stands, _it_sucks_ and I have already pointed it out before without much success (something as useless as telnet wasn=B4t deleted a not so long time ago) ... Peter Pentchev=B4s point was a completely valid one. >> G'luck, >> Peter >> >> -- >> Peter Pentchev =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0roam@space.bg =A0 =A0roam@ringlet.net =A0 = =A0roam@FreeBSD.org >> PGP key: =A0 =A0 =A0http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc >> Key fingerprint =A0 =A0 =A0 FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E =A0DF9E ED18 B68D 1= 619 4553 >> Do you think anybody has ever had *precisely this thought* before? >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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