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Date:      Mon, 1 Sep 2003 07:23:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
To:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: strip FreeBSD a bit
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.43.0309010719090.15484-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030831104819.GA395@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:

> As stated in the archives, bind can't just be removed due to the
> resolver code being used in libc.

Then just that "resolver" code could be used (and not entire BIND suite).

> > installing sendmail/qmail/exim/portfix/nothing and bind/djbdns/nothing; for
>
> Bernsteins programs can't be distributed, since we are not allowed to
> distribute modified binary versions.

Or another alternative is his resolver code. His low-level DNS resolver
routines are in "public domain".

Has anyone integrated djb's public domain resolver code into libc?

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/





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