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Date:      Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:37:23 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        rgrimes@freebsd.org,  Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>,  Juraj Lutter <otis@freebsd.org>,  src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 1d577bedbae8 - main - unbound: Fix config file path
Message-ID:  <86mt4psxfw.fsf@ltc.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <202303031402.323E2FEN066412@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> (Rodney W. Grimes's message of "Fri, 3 Mar 2023 06:02:15 -0800 (PST)")
References:  <202303031402.323E2FEN066412@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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"Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> writes:
> "Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@freebsd.org> writes:
> > No.  Unbound knows it's chrooted, knows _where_ it's chrooted, and
> > adjusts config paths accordingly, cf. e4c53d3bf00a.
> We disagree then, rather strongly, about this issue.  It should not
> know it is chrooted, and it especially should NOT adjust paths
> based on that fact.  That is a POLA, and it is also hard coding
> POLICY into an executable.  Almost certainly any path mangling
> done because it is chroot is going to break if I chroot it to
> some place very different.

With all due respect, you're talking out of your ass.

> > Also note that the local-unbound configuration is not meant to be
> > user-serviceable.
> That, again IMHO, is a rather SIC stance to take for a caching
> DNS server, especially one as flexable as unbound.

The local-unbound service is not a caching DNS server.  If that's what
you want there are plenty of options in ports, including Unbound.  The
local-unbound service is a caching resolver which is supposed to Just
Work even in the most difficult ciscumstances (roaming laptops, captive
portals, DNS-intercepting CPE, etc.)

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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