Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6

2002-11-30 Thread Julian Stacey
M. Warner Losh wrote: : - Please consider restoring rdist to FreeBSD. Thanks. And the number of security problems with rdist are legion. A large component of the decision to remove it from the base was the high incidence of security problems with the original code. That, coupled with the

Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6

2002-11-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:22:16PM +0100, Julian Stacey wrote: 5.0-DP2 (unlike 4.7) has no src/usr.bin/rdist - just ports/net/rdist6 rdist6 is supposed to be better, but no rdist after basic install is a pain. Has this been well debated already ? or should I file a Send-PR ? It was moved

Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6

2002-11-28 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:22:16PM +0100, Julian Stacey wrote: 5.0-DP2 (unlike 4.7) has no src/usr.bin/rdist - just ports/net/rdist6 =20 rdist6 is supposed to be better, but no rdist after basic install is a pa= in. =20 Has this been well debated already ? or should

Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6

2002-11-28 Thread Steve Kargl
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:48:49AM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:22:16PM +0100, Julian Stacey wrote: 5.0-DP2 (unlike 4.7) has no src/usr.bin/rdist - just ports/net/rdist6 =20 rdist6 is supposed to be better, but no rdist after basic

Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6

2002-11-28 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : - Please consider restoring rdist to FreeBSD. Thanks. : : No thanks. It was removed almost 2 years ago because : better alternatives are available. And the number of security problems with rdist are legion. A

Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6

2002-11-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:48:49AM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:22:16PM +0100, Julian Stacey wrote: 5.0-DP2 (unlike 4.7) has no src/usr.bin/rdist - just ports/net/rdist6 =20 rdist6 is supposed to be better, but no rdist after basic