From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 12 16:41:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E7D116A41F for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:41:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@tvog.net) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ritamari.vonostingroup.com [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2378F43D46 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:41:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@tvog.net) Received: from adsl-68-72-248-38.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net ([68.72.248.38] helo=tvog.net) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.53 (FreeBSD)) id 1EPjgY-0002tU-Pj; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:42:34 -0400 Message-ID: <434D3CCB.4020303@tvog.net> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:41:47 -0400 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joshua Bell References: <20051012113622.26a85118.josh@oplink.net> In-Reply-To: <20051012113622.26a85118.josh@oplink.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tvog.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bind within src-contrib X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:41:53 -0000 Joshua Bell wrote: >Hi, > > I was attempting to build a minimal supfile, when I noticed that bind was included within contrib. This to me seems like something that should be included within the ports tree, or atleast be included in a portion of the tree with less crucial software. > > I personally do not see a reason for this, but please enlighten me on why this is done. > >-Josh > > > How would you like a system with no host(1), dig(1), or nslookup(1)? I personally consider these tools essential for a freebsd system. __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584