On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> "Matthew N. Dodd" wrote:
> > > The only possible candidate for contrib'ifying I could see would be
> > > mount_nwfs because building it without the kernel source could be a
> > > problem, but the rest of it could be a port I think :)
> > Thats like suggesting we make the 'ipfw' command a port and leave the
> > kernel bits in the tree.  Since all this stuff depends on being in sync,
> > the only reasonable way to do this is to put it in the tree.
> 
> Why? What kernel code does this need?

The ncpfs kernel code for one.

We're talking about less than 500k of code here.

You want to take the anti-bloatist stance you'll have to do better than
that.  Try libreadline for starters.  :)

-- 
| Matthew N. Dodd  | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD  |
| win...@jurai.net |       2 x '84 Volvo 245DL        | ix86,sparc,pmax |
| http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent  | ISO8802.5 4ever |



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Reply via email to