Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 09:57:16 -0600 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIND 8/9 Message-ID: <871y2oca3n.fsf@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <C71C507A-3851-11D7-8DEA-000A27E2A402@mail.dionysia.org> (Dan Delaney's message of "Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:03:11 -0500") References: <C71C507A-3851-11D7-8DEA-000A27E2A402@mail.dionysia.org>
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--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-02-04T15:03:11Z, Dan Delaney <dionysos@mail.dionysia.org> writes: > 1) Since BIND 8 comes in the base installation of FreeBSD (4.8 and 5), why > is there a BIND 8 port in the ports collection? The version in the base system is 8.3.3. The version in ports is 8.3.4. > 2) Why doesn't FreeBSD 5 come with BIND 9 in the base installation instead > of BIND 8? Is there some problem with BIND 9 that I'm not aware of? Not that I'm aware of, other than it's reputed to be a bit slower than 8. > 3) If I install BIND 9 from the ports collection, can I uninstall BIND > 8 off of my system? It's my understanding that some programs depend on the resolver libraries From=20BIND 8. Since it takes up a relatively tiny chunk of space, I'd suggest just leaving it in place - I did. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+P+Lg5sRg+Y0CpvERArmwAJ9LCQYDWOMwq6llMOGe8gOmKbyWRACdE5RH HhT6854PI9QMvKPenqiluj4= =NY+r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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