On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 01:31:12PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: > * 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.
Ditto. > > Do you "normalize" his directory layout, or do you maintain his > > suggested layout (which has its merits, but is VERY non-hier(7)). > > normalize! Yes! Ditto! > > 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. And if you've ever had to take over a machine with compiled-from-source + patches it's even more of a difference. Even with homegrown ports there is some documentation of what has been done. This is helpful for yourself, and crucial to anyone who follows later. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation
