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Date:      Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:46:03 -0800
From:      Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com>
To:        Brent <brent@kearneys.ca>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: version of BIND?
Message-ID:  <v04210161b45fa2253259@[209.239.239.22]>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911221741160.4532-100000@ThePalace.kearneys.ca>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911221741160.4532-100000@ThePalace.kearneys.ca>

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At 5:43 PM -0800 11/22/99, Brent wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Jon Rust wrote:
>
>> I'm running 3.3-Stable (as of last Wednesday). Forgive the lame
>> question, but what version of BIND comes with FreeBSD currently? And
>> how can you tell? There doesn't seem to be a version flag to named.
>>
>
>Jon, check the Makefile in /usr/ports/net/bind8.  It probably contains the
>line:
>
>DISTNAME=       bind-8.2.2.p5
>
>Indicating that you have the latest version of bind, with the latest patch
>level.
>
>-Brent

Oh. The included BIND is pulled from ports? Didn't know that. I 
thought ports were add-on packages, and the system stuff came from 
/usr/src. Learn something new everyday.

Thanks,
jon

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