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To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: BIND 8.2.x - IRS, newer resolver functions 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 14 Nov 1999 21:57:55 EST."
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:39:27 +0800
From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 22:48:47 +0800, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> said:
> 
> > How would people react to libc supporting *only* "files" and "irpd" (ie: no
> > dns or yp).
> 
> Rather badly, I expect, since that would make it more difficult to
> run/debug machines on the network in single-user mode.  (But don't
> expect anyone to actually complain until after you've made the
> change....)
> 
> -GAWollman

Well, when you start networking, you could still start irpd in order to get
DNS access..  It's just a thought.

Anyway, 8.2.5 has a target to remove the crypto and still enable it to
build, which means we can ignore the problem for the time being.

Cheers,
-Peter



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