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Date:      Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:58:02 +0200
From:      "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de>
To:        "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
Cc:        Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net>, FreeBSD Stable List <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: BIND-9.x
Message-ID:  <20010702195802.A86336@mail.webmonster.de>
In-Reply-To: <20010702104752.C2091@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:47:52AM -0700
References:  <20010702143109.K8107-100000@hq1.tyfon.net> <20010702175009.E79697@mail.webmonster.de> <20010702104752.C2091@freeway.dcfinc.com>

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Chad R. Larson(chad@DCFinc.com)@2001.07.02 10:47:52 +0000:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:50:09PM +0200, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote:
> > bind should be made a port, IMHO, and take it's way out of the base
> > system, being replaced by an asynchronous resolver library (there are
> > many).
>=20
> I hadn't though about that, but I believe I'd support it.

the main problem with it is that there's a big *BSD lobby advocating
broken-by-design software... but i don't want to start a religious war
again, so i better keep my (typing\ fingers|mouth) shut...

mailwrapper is a good approach for making sendmail a port finally, so
let's see what the reengineering process for getting the resolver out of
libc brings us...

>=20
> Most (I'm guessing here) FreeBSD systems don't run a DNS server.
> Those that need to could install a port.

exactly

>=20
> BIND seems to be in the same catagory as sendmail, contributed
> software that many people prefer to replace with something more
> simple.

let's say "more convenient due to less upgrades in the same time" here
;-)

/k

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