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On 8. Jul 2012, at 02:44 , Warner Losh wrote:

>=20
> On Jul 7, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>> <<On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:17:53 -0700, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> =
said:
>>=20
>>> BIND in the base today comes with a full-featured local resolver
>>> configuration, which I'm confident that Dag-Erling can do for =
unbound
>>> (and which I would be glad to assist with if needed). Other than =
that,
>>> what integration are you concerned about?
>>=20
>> The utilities (specifically host(1) and dig(1)) are the only
>> user-visible interfaces I care about.  I don't see any need for there
>> to be an authoritative name server in the base system.  So long as =
the
>> resolver works properly and does DNSsec validation....
>=20
> The only reason I want it in the base system is that ports don't cross =
build very well, but the base system does.  That's a weak +1 for keeping =
something in the base system, but I'll be the first to admit it is a =
second or third tier argument at best.

The real reason you want exactly these tools in base is that otherwise =
you
end up rewriting tiny parts of freebsd-update etc that actually depend =
on
host, etc. to query SRV for SRV records.

/bz

--=20
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