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Date:      Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:18:13 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To:        Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "make-localhost" not there (DNS/named setup on 7.0)
Message-ID:  <87prszymju.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <20080409163450.GA3583@aurora.oekb.co.at> (Ewald Jenisch's message of "Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:34:50 %2B0200")
References:  <20080409143619.GA3169@aurora.oekb.co.at> <47FCE85B.4040505@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20080409163450.GA3583@aurora.oekb.co.at>

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On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:34:50 +0200, Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> wrote:
>> The handbook is slightly out of date and the 'make-localhost' script
>> is now history.  Instead, the system comes with pre-installed
>> /etc/namedb/master/localhost-forward.db and .../localhost-reverse.db
>> zone files and the appropriate configuration shown in the example
>> named.conf file.  Basically, ignore the paragraph in the handbook
>> that says 'run make-localhost' and nowadays base your named.conf on
>> the sample configuration supplied with the system rather than the
>> examples shown in the handbook.
>
> Hi Matthew,
> Puh - good to hear - at least I now know that I'm not missing
> something from the base-install...

FWIW, I've opened PR docs/122604 to track this, and I will try to update
the Handbook soon-ish.  Thanks to both of you for bringing this to my
attention :-)




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