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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add bind
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add bind |
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Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:25:45 -0400 |
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On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 08:38:53PM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
> Thanks for the comments,
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 01:52:11PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 06:36:04PM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
> > * gnu/packages/networking.scm (bind): New variable.
>
> Hi, thanks for this patch! I think it can go in the DNS module.
>
> I wonder, how does it relate to the BIND that replaces the bundled BIND
> in isc-dhcp, which I've noticed often requires security updates?
>
> I don't think it relates at all, except that it is produced by the same group.
>
> However, I noticed in that module, there is bind-utils, which provides about
> half of what my patch does, and IMO is unecessarily complicated. I suppose
> this
> was done because somebody wanted to provide the DNS query tools without the
> DNS server.
>
> I think this would be better achieved by having separate outputs bind:utils
> and bind:daemon
Okay, so what is the status of this package? Do you want to add it
as-is, or do you want to overhaul bind-utils?
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