Comments on: There goes BIND

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:40:58 +0000

if you need lookups (for automated remote installation etc) could take the client code from djbdns (public domain now I guess) and add it to base :)

By: Justin Sherrill

Justin Sherrill — Sun, 09 May 2010 16:19:49 +0000

It’s added when the ISO is created. It’ll be functionally the same – the binary files will reside in /usr/pkg/ instead of /usr, and upgrades of BIND won’t be dependent on also upgrading the underlying base system. (A good thing, considering BIND’s security history.) It also means that time gets spent by developers working on DragonFly, not updating software that’s already been updated somewhere else.

By: DOSguy

DOSguy — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:12:36 +0000

Sure, but does that mean you’ll have to compile the whole bind suite, just to get those tools?

By: Justin Sherrill

Justin Sherrill — Sun, 09 May 2010 09:52:50 +0000

They will still be there; just from a pkgsrc package instead of the base system.

By: DOSguy

DOSguy — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:13:07 +0000

Are there any alternatives to nslookup, host and dig in de base installation?

By: Petr Janda

Petr Janda — Sat, 08 May 2010 09:31:47 +0000

Next thing sendmail out. Is DMA ready?