From owner-freebsd-security Fri Feb 2 21:25: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from roble.com (mx0.roble.com [206.40.34.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7F3F37B503 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:24:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (marquis@localhost) by roble.com with ESMTP id f135OkO50079 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:24:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:24:46 -0800 (PST) From: Roger Marquis To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bind8.2.3 and installation problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wes Peters wrote: > > Bind was written on BSD. What's the point of using a port to > > upgrade it? All FreeBSD's bind port does is increase your chances > > of errors, reduce your system's overall QA, and install duplicate > > files in non-standard places. > > You completely and utterly fail to understand how the ports system works. > What FreeBSD's bind port really does is decrease your chance of errors, > increase your systems's overall QA, install all of the bind configuration > and executable files in standard FreeBSD locations, track which files > were installed and allow you to deinstall them simply, and provide a > one-stop upgrade path. Wes, I believe you "utterly fail to understand" the level of quality assurance in FreeBSD's ports collection. Certainly ports are vastly better than Linux rpms but they have more than enough bugs to render such blind faith ill-advised. Install bind first via ports and then via the bind-supplied Makefile. You may find, as I did, that the port _increases_ your chances of errors and _does_not_ install files in their original locations. The only feature this particular port adds, when it works, is a log under /var/db/pkg that's easier to parse than `make -n`. I've been big fan of ports since 2.0.5. They are, IMHO, FreeBSD's best feature. However, that does not mean they should be trusted like a Windows setup.exe. -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message