Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 02:21:46 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Subject: Re: Replacing BIND with unbound (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <4FF9512A.8050803@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <A9FF659A-4559-4F5A-8A89-2BF606043C5A@lists.zabbadoz.net> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <89AB703D-E075-4AAC-AC1B-B358CC4E4E7F@lists.zabbadoz.net> <4FF8C3A1.9080805@FreeBSD.org> <20472.51031.308284.775990@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <07345CE5-EE3A-413D-84BC-C9DA63FCBB9E@bsdimp.com> <A9FF659A-4559-4F5A-8A89-2BF606043C5A@lists.zabbadoz.net>
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On 07/08/2012 01:03, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>
> On 8. Jul 2012, at 02:44 , Warner Losh wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 7, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>>> <<On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:17:53 -0700, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> said:
>>>
>>>> BIND in the base today comes with a full-featured local resolver
>>>> configuration, which I'm confident that Dag-Erling can do for unbound
>>>> (and which I would be glad to assist with if needed). Other than that,
>>>> what integration are you concerned about?
>>>
>>> The utilities (specifically host(1) and dig(1)) are the only
>>> user-visible interfaces I care about. I don't see any need for there
>>> to be an authoritative name server in the base system. So long as the
>>> resolver works properly and does DNSsec validation....
>>
>> The only reason I want it in the base system is that ports don't cross build very well, but the base system does. That's a weak +1 for keeping something in the base system, but I'll be the first to admit it is a second or third tier argument at best.
>
> The real reason you want exactly these tools in base is that otherwise you
> end up rewriting tiny parts of freebsd-update etc that actually depend on
> host, etc. to query SRV for SRV records.
That's an implementation issue, and is easily handled with drill, or the
host-like program we all agree is a really-nice-to-have.
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