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