jailing before removal

Graham Perrin <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Mar 2026 22:13:54 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.architechture
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 26/02/2026 00:53, Sulev-Madis Silber wrote:

> On February 26, 2026 2:10:59 AM GMT+02:00, "Dag-Erling Smørgrav" 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Either we clean up lpr and it can stay in base, or we don't and it
>> doesn't belong in ports either. I thought I had made that clear.
>
> so what happens when people still need it and neither happens? …


If not packaged anywhere, by the project: I imagine that users can jail 
what's required, before removal, and then refrain from updating the jail.

I think it more likely that if removed from base, there'll be a meta port.

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