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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: portmap_enable vs. rpcbind_enable
From:       Brian Somers <brian () Awfulhak ! org>
Date:       2001-07-31 17:14:21
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> In message <200107311638.f6VGcFc56314@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> Brian Somers writes:
> : > In message <20010731114846.42FA73E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org> Dima Dorfman writes:
> : > : Does anybody know (remember?) why portmap_enable (the rc.conf knob)
> : > : wasn't renamed to rpcbind_enable when portmap became rpcbind?  It
> : > : seems odd to have a knob called portmap_enable that actually starts
> : > : something called rpcbind (not to mention violating POLA).
> : > 
> : > Because we didn't want to break old people's config files.  Also, the
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^
> : > rpcbind rename was stupid and there were people at the time that had
> : > hoped it be renamed portmap since that was a bigger pola :-)
> : 
> : Are you referring to grog & bde only ?
> 
> There were a fair number of people that wanted the name to remain the
> same...  I want it to remaint he same, but I don't care enough to
> fight.

I was actually making a smart arse comment about your wording :*)

> Warner

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