Re: [HEADSUP] Deprecation of the ftp support in pkg
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:08:30 UTC
Am 23.01.22 um 18:12 schrieb Jose Quinteiro: > On 1/23/22 09:06, tech-lists wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 08:55:09AM -0800, Jose Quinteiro wrote: >> >>> You can run HTTP on a non-standard port. For example, 8080 is commonly >>> used. As an added bonus, this means that the HTTP server need not run as >>> root. >> >> Unless I'm mistaken, there is no web server in base. There is though, an >> ftp server. > > Touche. I wouldn't mind having Thttpd in base. > https://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/ An interesting idea, we have it as a port in www/thttpd. While we generally rather move base components that are not generally required to ports, this might be a case where it makes sense to replace one base system component by another one currently only available as a port ... The thttpd binary is smaller than the ftpd currently in base, and it might make sense to replace ftpd by this simple httpd: $ size /usr/libexec/ftpd text data bss dec hex filename 105901 4276 5984 116161 1c5c1 /usr/libexec/ftpd $ size work/stage/usr/local/sbin/* text data bss dec hex filename 5469 656 112 6237 185d work/stage/usr/local/sbin/makeweb 7453 760 120 8333 208d work/stage/usr/local/sbin/thtpasswd 81184 8336 2280 91800 16698 work/stage/usr/local/sbin/thttpd The sources are distributed under a 2 clause BSD copyright. Maybe having a HTTP server in base is more useful than a FTP server, today ... Regards, STefan