Re: Pkg-based base system.

From: Tim Kientzle <tim_at_kientzle.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:15:53 -0800
Johan Pettersson wrote:
> Wouldn't it be nice to have ha pkg-based base system? So you
 > easily can remove parts from the base system, like openssh,
 > ipfw, ipf, bind, sendmail and so on. This couldn't be too
 > hard to implement. :)

a) You are not the first person to suggest this.

b) It is, in fact, very hard to do.

c) Part of the point of BSD is having a single, well-integrated
    system.  Breaking it up as you suggest would lose this.

Tim Kientzle
Received on Mon Mar 15 2004 - 09:22:24 UTC

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