Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:02:30 +0200 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>, "freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BIND in the base Message-ID: <51C55D74-F18B-4356-811E-13B4AA938D48@80386.nl> In-Reply-To: <4AB9E9F0.3020500@elischer.org> References: <200909230906.n8N96KZU004384@lurza.secnetix.de> <4AB9E9F0.3020500@elischer.org>
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It wasn't a single person decision. Trhodes wanted to maintain it. After some discussion we agreed having it in ports would make it easier for tom to maintain. -- Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> (from iPod) WWW: http://80386.nl/ On 23 sep 2009, at 11:27, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: >> Peter Wemm wrote: >> > On the subject of host/dig/nslookup. We had an old 'host' and >> > 'nslookup' that were replaced with bind's heavyweight versions. >> > Perhaps those could be revived and refreshed? >> > > The functionality of 'host' that I care about is: >> > [...] >> The functionality of 'host' (and 'dig') that I care about >> is the fact that it ignores /etc/hosts and nsswitch.conf >> and always uses DNS. This feature has been invaluable >> for me for debugging DNS issues. >> BTW, it's a pity window(1) was removed from base. >> The removal breaks several scripts of mine, particularly >> ones that are specifically designed to run without any >> ports installed. > > Actually I had to go look at CVS (I couldn't work out how to get > svn to tell me who removed it) to see who took it out and when. > > I don't recall any discussion of this, and while it may have been > the right answer, I think it was poorly handled. > > It seems it was pretty much a single person's decision, > and I object to that as it did go against POLA. > It should have been discussed more at least. > >> Please let BIND stay. And sendmail, too. >> Best regards >> Oliver > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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