Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 17:25:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Named -- Specifying addresses to bind to. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970523172438.2188K-100000@zen.cypher.net> In-Reply-To: <21922.864424761@verdi.nethelp.no>
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well, most people (including myself) are not running 2.2.2 or current, so this is news to me. On Fri, 23 May 1997 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > ugh, this is like pulling teeth. the issue is not EXACTLY which version > > of bind is included in the release, but rather only that it is RECENT > > because the ancient one currently in the distribution is inadequate. > > The BIND version in FreeBSD-current is based on 4.9.5-P1, which was > released 18 December 1996. I'd hardly call that ancient. The BIND > version in FreeBSD-2.2.2 is based on 4.9.4-P1, which was released > 5 August 1996. Not as good, but not exactly ancient either. > > Yes, I agree that bind 8.1 has features that some people really need. > But a lot of people also need *stability*, and bind 8.1 is just new > enough (released 6 May 1997) that it may not be wise to import it into > the main tree yet. A better choice for most people would probably be > 4.9.5-P2, which is just around the corner. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no >
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