On 2015-01-26 22:46, Ian Smith wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:23:48 -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: > [Sean Chittenden wrote:] > > > > For years I've used and endorsed ezjail, but as stated, it is > depreciated. > > > > Hmm, there's no notation at > > > http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=sysutils&portname=ezjail > , > > nor in the Makefile AFAICT. > > > > > > For a book, excluding ezjail would exclude a huge portion of the user > base > > > > and seems like it would hurt credibility given its dominance as the > > > > preferred tool for jail administration. > > I agree with this; given its history and installed base it certainly > deserves some coverage with at least references to its documentation, as > a precursor to more recently emerging, likely more comprehensive tools. > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:54:50PM -0500, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > > Maybe is something obvious to the more technical crowd but as a user what > > > does "depreciated" mean in this context? > > > > Really the word most people use is "deprecated" rather than "depreciated". > > > > It can mean any number of things: > > > > - it no longer works due to changes in other software > > - it has been replaced by something else > > - the author is no longer interested in maintaining it > > > > and so forth. > > > > I don't know the answer in this case. > > As Alejandro went on to point out, depreciate means (ref Concise Oxford) > 'Diminish in value' or 'Lower market price of; reduce purchasing power > of (money); disparage, belittle' (L. pretiare f. pretium price), while > deprecate means 'Plead against; express wish against or disapproval of > (L. precari pray). Different, with some overlap regarding belittlement. > > The former term is prominent in Joe's http://jail-primer.sourceforge.net/ > > cheers, Ian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-jail@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-jail > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-jail-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
Ezjail still works perfectly fine. It is moderately actively maintained, it works very well with ZFS. The value of having a single basejail, rather than multiple is slightly diminished by the fact that we all have more disk space than we used to, and the fact that ZFS could clone a common dataset to save some space, but, when it comes time to upgrade the common basejail is useful. The process can be a bit awkward at times, but it generally works fine. I still use ezjail a lot, and have no problems with it. -- Allan Jude
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