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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:56:12 +0100
From:      Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org>
To:        FreeBSD Mailing lists <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Removing default installed BIND
Message-ID:  <20030818145612.GB95972@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <1061218261.1100.26.camel@jvennervald.intra.proventum.net>
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 04:51:01PM +0200, Jacob Vennervald Madsen wrote:
> Is BIND9 not stable since BIND8 is the default?

I seem to recall some discussion about why 8 is in the base system and not 9
on this list some time ago.  As far as I remember, the default is still
version 8 because it would take a great deal of work to switch to version 9
- time which is better spent by those who can on other work.

Version 9 is quite stable.  It includes various neat features that aren't
available in 8, as well.  Go with it.  It works very well for me.

Dan

>=20
> On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 16:43, Daniel Bye wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 04:25:00PM +0200, Jacob Vennervald Madsen wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >=20
> > > I have a FreeBSD 4.8 box which I want to setup as a DNS server.
> > > By default BIND8 is installed but I want to use BIND9. How do I remove
> > > the old BIND version?
> >=20
> > The easiest thing to do is install BIND9 from the ports, and set
> > named_program=3D"/usr/local/sbin/named" in /etc/rc.conf.  This won't re=
move
> > the version in the base system, but it will cause the newer version to =
be
> > started at boot time.
> >=20
> > If you really want to delete the default version, find and delete any
> > BIND-related files (the packing list for the ports version of BIND8 may=
 be
> > helpful here) before you install the port of BIND9.  You should probabl=
y=20
> > also set `NO_BIND=3Dtrue' in /etc/make.conf, so that you don't end up b=
uilding
> > them again at your next buildworld.
> >=20
> > I have only attempted this once, though, and found the effort was not
> > rewarded with any real sense of achievement.
> >=20
> > > It doesn't seem to be a package.
> >=20
> > It's not.  It comes as part of the base system.
> >=20
> > Dan
> >=20
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> Jacob Vennervald
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