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 <do...@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. /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb You have to have visions! It does not matter how good you are. It matters what good you do! _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
