On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 10:10:18PM -0400, Larry Kollar wrote:
> Isn't that a little harsh? I overwrite the default groff installed
> in MacOS X all the time. I simply built a .pkg file and re-install
> it when Apple's system updates make it necessary.
Granted it is. Two reasons:
1. On OpenBSD packages install in /usr/local
One has to jump through hoops to make a port install in the
other place, and experience tells me that the hoops are
usually there for a good reason to stop you from doing it.
2. OpenBSD people security audit a lot of code that goes into a
base OS. For example, Apache web server is much safer than
the one that a person can download from apache.org and
install from source.
That's why I avoid changing system files. Unless it is
enabled in a clean way by the developers.
For example, sendmail is not built with SASL authentication
as it comes in default OS. However, if you want it, you just
put WANT_SMTPAUTH=yes in /etc/mk.conf and even when the
system sendmail is updated your option will be respected.
> The important thing is to make sure your build works properly
> before installing it over the default version.
Exactly. Very important point.
Best regards,
Zvezdan Petkovic
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