Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 03:55:33 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NO_BIND option (Was Re: make world question) Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19991001035533.026669a0@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990930141042.15540A-100000@mercury.jorsm.co m> References: <199909300358.XAA02002@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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At 02:43 AM 10/1/99 -0500, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: --snip-- >On the other hand, anyone making use of this option would only do so >because they've installed bind8 (Port or by hand.) They wouldn't need >libs installed by the system, since they'll have them already. In this >case, NO_BIND is better. Good idea since this comes up from time to time. Along with UUCP, which only makes sense with the sendmail knob. >This brings up another issue: PATHs. The whole reason I thought this >mess up was I didn't want two versions of every bind tool. (Weird, and >while looking for an example, I've found that the system nslookup is in >/usr/sbin, and the port version is in /usr/local/bin.) There are features >in the latest release that I want, and I don't want to rearrange my PATH >to look in /usr/local/* first. Don't think the Wraith would go for this and is what $PREFIX is for. Course a NOBIND option would prevent it from being clobbered. Considering that you don't *need* to rebuild the ports all the time. >And finally, would this require the cooperation of the bind8 Port >Maintainer? (eg, install local named.re[start|load]'s with correct >paths to ndc and such.) No need. Customize the Makefile. Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve '86 Yamaha MaxiumX (not FBSD powered) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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