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From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. wrote:

> I seem to remember that part of the issue is that FreeBSD pulls in the
> resolver libraries from BIND.

Only indirectly. The resolver code actually hasn't been updated in a
while, unfortunately.

> I actually would like to see BIND completely excised from the base system.
> However, every time I look at the amount of work required to break the
> dependence between the resolver library and BIND, I generally realize that
> there is something else I'd much rather be doing.  ;)

Yes, you have a lot of company in your "looking the other way'edness." :)

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