From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 24 6: 3:27 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9D137B401 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:03:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4271B43F13 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:03:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd-q@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0OE5JJi060090; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:05:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from stable@ei.bzerk.org) Received: (from stable@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0OE5Jnw060089; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:05:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:05:19 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Anand Buddhdev Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: How to cleanly remove bind before using bind9 Message-ID: <20030124140519.GA60034@ei.bzerk.org> References: <20030123232922.GA12051@teddy.fas.com> <20030124133951.GA15457@anand.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030124133951.GA15457@anand.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 02:39:51PM +0100, Anand Buddhdev typed: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 06:29:22PM -0500, stan wrote: > > > I want to use bind 9 from the ports tree. I see how to prevent the bundled > > bind from being built the next time I make world, and I see how to change > > the init files et all to use the ports bind9. > > > > What I _don't_ see (and I'm certain it's just my lack of knowledge here), > > is a clean way to remove all teh traces of the existing bersion of bind > > which was built the last time I did a make world. > > I have always found this to be a problem with FreeBSD: why can't sendmail, > bind and the other contributed software be made optional at install > time, so that the base system is not cluttered with old software when > we install new versions? The tight coupling of contributed software into > the base system is in my opinion not a good idea. This question has been asked and answered numerous times on this list. Yes, it can be done (I believe there's a project "libh" or something working on it amongst other things), but it's a lot of work. Are you volunteering to help? > > -- > Anand Buddhdev > http://anand.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message