Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:21:52 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org>, Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com>, "A.G. Russell IV" <arussell@bifrost.hos.net>, Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org>, Freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Waiting for BIND security announcement Message-ID: <20070805211059.P77032@asterix.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <46B5FE07.5080004@FreeBSD.org> References: <499c70c0707260136hea82f27s87dfa53432d0e409@mail.gmail.com> <94c6ae7ae570814564d364bfe9aad8ea@szalbot.homedns.org> <20070801030504.GA3773@bifrost.agrussell.com> <426DE541-FB51-44FF-B7F4-B34E0F9A7861@goldmark.org> <46B0DB5F.4020401@FreeBSD.org> <60BEAECB-C72A-46B3-90D7-F3AB8778605D@goldmark.org> <46B0F17C.2010506@FreeBSD.org> <20070805091932.B67919@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> <46B5FE07.5080004@FreeBSD.org>
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> >> This has probably been asked before, > > Heh, no, never. :) That's a relief. :) >> but if BIND is available in ports then why is it also available in >> contrib? > > Couple of reasons, of relatively equal importance depending on who you > speak to. BSD systems have "always" (I haven't verified this, but > people who should know have told me) shipped with dns stuff on board, > so there is resistance to the idea of stripping it out for that > reason. The other thing that is a concern to a lot of people is that > BIND is more than just named. Take a look at the WITHOUT_BIND* knobs > in src.conf(1) in 7-current or make.conf(1) in 6-stable to get an idea > of how things break down. I have a standing offer to either remove > BIND from the base, or flip the defaults for some of those knobs to > "NO" if the community wants it that way. Makes sense. So to summarize the answer to my question: * BIND is there in contrib coz lot of stuff depends on it and so its best left there. * BIND is also there in ports coz the one there offers you a lot more build time options, is newer, gets updates faster, and is also easier to get up and running with out of the box (in some situations atleast). Neat! :) >> Are there any benefits in choosing the one in contrib over the one >> in ports? > > Advantage to the one in contrib is that it's right there, and the new > default named.conf (and associated files) makes it possible to start > up a local resolver "out of the box." > > If you want a greater degree of freedom in build-time configuration, > or you want a version other than what is in your base (for example, > you want to use 9.4.x but you're on a 6-stable machine), then you can > use the ports. The ports also have an option to overwrite the files in > the base if that makes things easier in your environment. > > hth, Thanks! Rakhesh > > Doug > > -- > > This .signature sanitized for your protection > >
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