Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:01:26 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why was nslookup removed from FreeBSD 10? Message-ID: <201401271301.s0RD1Q0O080595@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:22:26 PST." <52E5DF02.4010500@bluerosetech.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> > Reply-to: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:22:26 -0800 Darren Pilgrim wrote: > On 1/26/2014 6:20 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > The rationale for bind removal from src/ I thought ill advised; it won't > > suprise me if FreeBSD gets roasted for no longer being net server ready. > > The irony being that if you were at all serious about running mail, DNS, > NTP, etc., you used a port because the in-base versions were old and > could not be easily upgraded in the event of security problems. This is > one of many points made during the discussion on removing BIND from the > base. bind was in src/ from 4.4BSD_Lite to 9.2-RELEASE. No warning of pending removal in a prior release. Alternatives existed, but removal was forced & botched, too late before release, (inconsistencies were still being reported between src & ports very recently). Lack of management & planning. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Interleave replies below like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative.
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