On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 08:14:34PM +0200, cuicui wrote: > Mark Geisert a ?crit : > >>>> If the "host" utility is available in cygwin, which cygwin >>>> package should I install to have it? >>> You can use the offical Bind "binary kit" for windows: >> [...] >>> Be careful, the "host.exe" and "dig.exe" need some weird other >>> binaries files such as the *.manifest files (i'm speaking of >>> version 9.4.x, i did not try 9.5.x yet). >> Why inflict the "weird other binaries" on the OP? The vanilla Bind >> 9.4.2 (and likely later) package from ISC builds OOTB with Cygwin. > > Because building and testing a "bindtools" package from the official > source code and sharing it to the community sounds like the job of a > Cygwin package maintainer ;) > > If anyone volunteers to do that, I'll be more than pleased to use an > "official" Cygwin package of Bind instead of doing some dark magic to > make it work. In the meanwhile I prefer using the binary kit provided by > ISC.
Any reason why you can't volunteer? It's not that hard. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
