From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 18 18:25:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA28443 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:25:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.webspan.net (root@mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA28438; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with ESMTP id VAA06915; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 21:25:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with ESMTP id VAA04287; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 21:25:23 -0400 (EDT) To: Brandon Gillespie cc: John-David Childs , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: upgrading to a safe BIND? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 18 Jul 1997 13:16:42 MDT." Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 21:25:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4284.869275523@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brandon Gillespie wrote in message ID : > On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, John-David Childs wrote: > > > work? What differs between the bind distributed with FreeBSD and the bin > d > > > at isc.org? > > > > I compiled 8..1.1 on FreeBSD 2.2.2 last week. It compiles out of the box. > > THe primary differences are that FreeBSD puts some of the binaries in > > different places than isc does (e.g. /usr/bin vs. /usr/sbin) and that the > > isc man pages go in /usr/share/man/cat* instead of /usr/share/man/man* > > Why don't we ship FreeBSD with bind-8? From what I've read, it seems like > the better of the two.. I believe the resolver code for libc is radically different, and that The Powers That Be (TM) want to keep the two consistent (i.e. upgrading the resolver when they upgrade named) (keeps the possibility of bugs to a minimum) The bind 8.1.1 resolver uses /etc/nsswitch I believe, which is a major departure from what is now used... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info