RFC: Removing file(1)+libmagic(3) from the base system

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> I'd like to remove file(1) and libmagic(3) from the FreeBSD base system
> for the following reasons:

> 1. I don't see it as being a necessary component of a UNIX-like operating
> system.

I do, and so does POSIX.  I use file(1) on a daily basis.  So does 
every sysadmin I know.

> 2. It's available in the ports tree.

Everything is available in the ports tree.

Please leave file alone.  It's happy where it is.


--lyndon

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