From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 27 12:24:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C994316A404 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reko.turja@liukuma.net) Received: from mxfep04.bredband.com (mxfep04.bredband.com [195.54.107.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF3DF13C44C for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:24:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reko.turja@liukuma.net) Received: from ironport.bredband.com ([195.54.107.82] [195.54.107.82]) by mxfep04.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20070327122406.CPDA2732.mxfep04.bredband.com@ironport.bredband.com> for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:24:06 +0200 Received: from c-bb0471d5.019-61-68617010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO moria.endor.swagman.org) ([213.113.4.187]) by ironport.bredband.com with ESMTP; 27 Mar 2007 14:24:06 +0200 Received: from rivendell (rivendell.endor.swagman.org [192.168.10.10]) by moria.endor.swagman.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF92428; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:23:22 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <031101c7706a$d4763770$0a0aa8c0@rivendell> From: "Reko Turja" To: "Don O'Neil" , References: <005d01c76fdd$e67f33a0$0400020a@mickey> <023801c76fe6$0f78e190$0a0aa8c0@rivendell> <008f01c77007$cfca1d80$0400020a@mickey> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:24:13 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Cc: Subject: Re: Updating Bind & OpenSSL on 6.1-Stable/Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:24:08 -0000 >I did... So I linked it to /etc/named.conf.... Everything works great >now... > > My question is howver, why are the ports setup different than the > original > install? I would think that the port build would be set with the > same > options as the original install that came with the OS... I've seen > this Mainly because FreeBSD is a complete system, not a kernel and mishmash of separate utilities like some other OS'es out there. Basically this means that you should upgrade supplied userland programs by using the usual cvsup the latest sources and buildworld procedure, rather than using the ports for upgrading. The versions of BIND/Sendmail/SSL in the ports are mainly in there for users who need new features or something not available in the versions installed with the operating system base. The separate install lets you bail out if something stops working with the replacements installed from ports and of course helps preventing breaking the interdependencies and stuff in the OS supplied userland. -Reko