On 2024-10-25, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 2024-10-25 00:47:27, Grant Edwards wrote: >> > >> > Try net-dns/doggo[2] >> >> Cool, and it doens't want to install 4 other new packages like >> bind-tools does. [OK, two are just account/group packages, so it's >> not quite as bad as it sounds.] > > It's a Go package though, so it will quietly install a mountain a > random outdated static libraries from github. > > Try it: > > $ emerge --fetchonly --nodeps doggo > $ tar -tf /var/cache/distfiles/doggo-1.0.5-deps.tar.xz
Holy shit! Over 6000 source files. > BIND may actually be the least bad option. Indeed. > The Knot DNS server provides alternatives like kdig, but you'll > still wind up with a full-fledged DNS server on your hands. > > Depending on how serious this is, you could use package.provided and > INSTALL_MASK to block everything you don't want. It's probably not worth that much effrot... -- Grant
