From owner-cvs-etc Sat May 24 11:24:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA10633 for cvs-etc-outgoing; Sat, 24 May 1997 11:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA10619; Sat, 24 May 1997 11:24:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.5/8.7.3) id SAA11089; Sat, 24 May 1997 18:48:07 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199705241848.SAA11089@veda.is> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/namedb named.root In-Reply-To: <19970524110120.12485@dragon.nuxi.com> from David O'Brien at "May 24, 97 11:01:20 am" To: obrien@NUXI.com (David O'Brien) Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 18:48:06 +0000 (GMT) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Modified files: > > etc/namedb named.root > > Log: > > Upgrade to latest version of named.root (from InterNIC). > > PR: conf/3642 > > Is there a better way to hand named.root? Maybe fetch it from the > InterNIC of it's reachable? > > -- > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) > The repository is the heart of the distribution mechanism. Therefore, it would make sense to automate the updates from InterNIC into the repository, if the method can be trusted. It doesn't make so much sense for millions of machines to pick up the latest file from InterNIC, except when it has been updated since the release was cut. -- Adam David