<<On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:55:21 -0400, "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> This is going in the right direction, but here is a question (and I don't
> have the answer). Is it so much more easier to create new compile time
> directive than to go the extra step and use packages where they are
> available ? For example "bind8" is available as a package. Why not have the
> base install process use that instead of using its own source ?
Because one of the fundamental principles is that a default
installation, with no third-party packages, should still be a complete
system, and -- most importantly -- be able to regenerate itself
precisely from source. Hence, the default system needs to contain
*an* MTA (not necessarily sendmail, but that's not a question we want
to reopen), and *a* name server (not necessarily bind, but there are
no other choices).
-GAWollman
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