From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 3 21:42:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3C25470 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 21:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (bizet.nethelp.no [195.1.209.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A2401493 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 21:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 32280 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2013 21:36:12 -0000 Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (HELO localhost) (195.1.209.33) by bizet.nethelp.no with SMTP; 3 Dec 2013 21:36:12 -0000 Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:36:12 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <20131203.223612.74719903.sthaug@nethelp.no> To: gcr+freebsd-stable@tharned.org Subject: Re: BIND chroot environment in 10-RELEASE...gone? From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: References: <1386086749.9599.54995173.6CD35E54@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: rkoberman@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:42:56 -0000 > > It was a deliberate decision made by the maintainer. He said the chroot > > code in the installation was too complicated and would be removed as a > > part of the installation clean-up to get all BIND related files out of > > /usr and /etc. I protested at the time as did someone else, but the > > maintainer did not respond. I thnk this was a really, really bad > > decision. > > > > I searched a bit for the thread on removing BIND leftovers, but have > > failed to find it. > > > > You're probably thinking about my November 17 posting: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2013-November/075895.html > > I'm glad to see others finally speaking up; I was beginning to think I was > the only one who thought this was not a good idea. I'm a bit surprised > that no one has responded yet. I agree with the protesters here. Removing chroot and symlinking logic in the ports is a significant disservice to FreeBSD users, and will make it harder to use BIND in a sensible way. A net disincentive to use FreeBSD :-( Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no