Re: make.conf options (was Re: package-like feature for the basedistrib (was Re: FreeSSH))

1999-10-17 Thread Mike Meyer
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote: ;->< 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 ;->> avail

Re: make.conf options (was Re: package-like feature for the base distrib (was Re: FreeSSH))

1999-10-17 Thread Garrett Wollman
< 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 h

Re: make.conf options (was Re: package-like feature for the base distrib (was Re: FreeSSH))

1999-10-17 Thread Patrick Bihan-Faou
Hi, From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I was not talking about things that constitute the "real" core of the > > distribution (kernel, basic libraries etc.). I was more thinking about > > "userland" stuff that is included in the distribution but might not be > > r

Re: make.conf options (was Re: package-like feature for the base distrib (was Re: FreeSSH))

1999-10-16 Thread Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group
In message <011801bf159c$f80630e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Patrick Bihan- Faou" writes: > Hi, > > From: Pierre Beyssac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > There are a _lot_ of pitfalls to this kind of approach, as I have > > discovered using Linux Debian. This would probably open a can of > > worms you have n

Debian (was: FreeSSH)

1999-10-14 Thread Joost Kooij
Hi, On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Pierre Beyssac wrote: > There are a _lot_ of pitfalls to this kind of approach, as I have > discovered using Linux Debian. This would probably open a can of > worms you have no idea of. IMHO, the single biggest mistake in > Debian is the all-encompassing package system w

Re: FreeSSH

1999-10-14 Thread Konstantin Chuguev
Pierre Beyssac wrote: > [ -security trimmed from Cc: ] > > On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 11:11:43AM -0400, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote: > > >pkg_delete lp > > >pkg_delete yp > > > > > >Has anyone done/tried this in the past, and if so, what was the > > > reaction? Or what do people think? I

Re: package-like feature for the base distrib (was Re: FreeSSH)

1999-10-13 Thread Patrick Bihan-Faou
Hi, From: Pierre Beyssac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There are a _lot_ of pitfalls to this kind of approach, as I have > discovered using Linux Debian. This would probably open a can of > worms you have no idea of. IMHO, the single biggest mistake in > Debian is the all-encompassing package system whi

Re: FreeSSH

1999-10-13 Thread Pierre Beyssac
[ -security trimmed from Cc: ] On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 11:11:43AM -0400, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote: > >pkg_delete lp > >pkg_delete yp > > > >Has anyone done/tried this in the past, and if so, what was the > > reaction? Or what do people think? I realize this sounds a bit like the > >

Re: FreeSSH

1999-10-13 Thread James Howard
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote: > Hi All, > > >It strikes me that having the base system be slightly more decomposed > > could be advantageous. It would be great to be able to do something like: > > > >pkg_delete lp > >pkg_delete yp > > > >Has anyone done/tried th

Re: FreeSSH

1999-10-13 Thread Patrick Bihan-Faou
Hi All, >It strikes me that having the base system be slightly more decomposed > could be advantageous. It would be great to be able to do something like: > >pkg_delete lp >pkg_delete yp > >Has anyone done/tried this in the past, and if so, what was the > reaction? Or what do pe