From owner-freebsd-stable Sat May 25 12:47:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA11035 for stable-outgoing; Sat, 25 May 1996 12:47:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA10985 for ; Sat, 25 May 1996 12:46:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id UAA06461; Sat, 25 May 1996 20:45:57 +0100 (BST) To: Randy Terbush cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Version of BIND in -stable In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 25 May 1996 14:24:48 CDT." <199605251924.OAA08328@sierra.zyzzyva.com> Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 20:45:56 +0100 Message-ID: <6459.833053556@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Randy Terbush wrote in message ID <199605251924.OAA08328@sierra.zyzzyva.com>: > Has anyone considered upgrading sources for BIND in -stable? > Last I looked it was a fairly old (and buggy) version. Dunno. I thought it had come across? Oops. I was wrong. Ok. I wouldn't have any objections. > newsyslog What newsyslog? > compat code Compat code? You mean the linux emu? If so, then no. The changes are too far reaching in the kernel and make the change quite risky. > devfs Devfs isn't anywhere close to being ready for the big time, and it requires umpteen changes throughout the kernel, some of which don't work as they should. So: NO. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info