Remove BIND, Sendmail, Perl and etc from base?

Robert Garrett rg70 at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 22 11:37:37 PDT 2003


Jeremy Messenger wrote:

> First all, you don't need to create some odd flames. I am pretty aware
> about a lot of info are in the FreeBSD's mailing list archives, but all I
> want to hear in here is... 'yes or no'.. Maybe, it would be nice with a
> small details too without a flame, since this isn't FreeBSD. ;-)
> 
> I always want a FreeBSD without have BIND, Sendmail, Perl and etc in the
> base system by default and use the packages/ports instead if anyone want
> those stuff.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
> 
> 
For Perl we need to wait until the dust clears, as removing perl
has all kinds of implications to the kernel build.

Rob






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