Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:39:53 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Results of BIND RFC Message-ID: <6E191581-F8EB-4B85-9F1D-8D2FE6DAAF10@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <20100402112736.GB4611@mail.hs.ntnu.edu.tw> References: <4BB51B5B.1050606@FreeBSD.org> <20100401222404.77a14a02.stas@FreeBSD.org> <4BB58AA6.1040600@yandex.ru> <20100402112736.GB4611@mail.hs.ntnu.edu.tw>
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On 2 April 2010, at 04:27, Denny Lin wrote: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 10:11:50AM +0400, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: >> On 02.04.2010 9:24, Stanislav Sedov wrote: >>> While it certainly might make sense to drop BIND out of the base, = I'm not >>> sure dropping bind tools as well from it is the best decision. How = hard >>> it will be to continue maintaining bind tools inside the base (so = the >>> critical ones like dig and nslookup still will be available), while = moving >>> the rest of it (the server itself and supporting tools) to the port? >>=20 >> Hi, All. >>=20 >> I'm agree with Stas. If it is not so hard to maintain "bind-tools" in = the=20 >> base, >> It is very useful to still having them in base system. >=20 > +1 here. Dig and some of the other tools are extremely useful and > important, so it would be nice if they were in the base system instead > of a separate port. The reason dig and nslookup are used is because you have a problem with = the internet connection. Thats a bit late to say "you need to install = the DNS tools". If you could, you wouldn't need them. Not everyone = will create a ports CD. =20=
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