On 7/9/12 12:44 AM, Dan Lukes wrote: > On 07/08/12 23:55, Doug Barton: >> On 07/08/2012 07:41, Dan Lukes wrote: > ... >> Sorry, you're not understanding what is being proposed. Specifically >> you're confusing the system stub resolver (the bit that's compiled into >> libc, and used by binaries) and the resolving name server (BIND). No one >> is proposing to replace the stub. > > > libc stub resolver is BIND code based, so I assumed that arguments > against BIND apply to it as well. > > I'm happy it's not true. > > In my humble opinion, no resolving name server need to be part of base > at all. We have no DHCP, VPN, RADIUS, WWW, ... server in the base as well. > > > Thank you for clarifying. > > Dan >
Whereas you don't need a DHCP, VPN, RADIUS or WWW server to do *anything at all* with your newly installed BSD machine, you sort of need a DNS resolver... I for one am not going to use a 3rd party resolver, even if only to download the ports' source code for BIND, so I'm happy it's provided in the base. _______________________________________________ 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"
