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 people think? I realize this sounds a bit like the
> "everything is an rpm or dpkg" methodology from Linux, but as long as the
> 'base' packages are handled automatically, then it shouldn't impose the
> same inconvenience.
I think that it would be the next best thing since the package/ports system
(as well as a logical step forward). I would love to see most of the things
that installed with a "make world" be also registered in the package
database. This would make things like upgrading bind, removing sendmail etc
a lot easier.
However I think that this discussion goes beyond the scope of the "security"
mailing list. I copied it to the "current" and "stable" lists as well. I
guess the discussion should be held in "current"...
Patrick.
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