* Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-01 03:12]:
> So, I'm a fan of DJBDNS, but, I have to ask:  Why?!?

I am not exactly a fan, but I am using it, and the hassle at upgrades 
alone (remember, recompile, yadda yadda yadda, versus "handled with the 
regular pkg_add -ui") alone is worth the port.

> Do you "normalize" his directory layout, or do you maintain his
> suggested layout (which has its merits, but is VERY non-hier(7)).

normalize!

> LONG, LONG ago, probably around the 2.7 days, I used a DJBDNS
> port on OpenBSD, and seriously regretted it.  It was SO much
> easier to simply install following DJB's instructions than it
> was to find where things were put by the well-meaning porter.

in some places I still have ancient homegrown ports that are full of 
errors. upgrades on tehse machines are STILL much easier than the ones 
that have shit compiled from source.

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