3 Jun 2011 04:30
Re: how to remove bind?
Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman <at> gmail.com>
2011-06-03 02:30:44 GMT
2011-06-03 02:30:44 GMT
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Chuck Peters <cp <at> ccil.org> wrote:
-- If you want to avoid lock in, someone with 30 years experience should knowOn Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Nick Edwards <nick.z.edwards <at> gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Chuck Peters <cp <at> ccil.org> wrote:
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>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Nick Edwards <nick.z.edwards <at> gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I intend to use 9.8 from source, I removed anything that had
>> > bind/host/in it
>> > that was related (I am 30 yr veteran of unix so not a newbie, but i am
>> > not
>> > impressed with how ubuntu breaks things up into million tiny packages
>> > all dependant upon critical things.
>>
>> You are probably better off using, or rebuilding, 9.8 packages in order to
>> meet
>> all the other package dependencies. Mr Hauke Lampe has built them...
>> https://launchpad.net/~hauke/+archive/bind9
>>
>> If you don't trust this third party repository, you can grab his
>> source packages,
>> inspect them, and rebuild them.
>>
>>
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> The thing is I want to avoid lock-in with what I use, if I want dictatorship
> in packages, I'd use the kids windows pc in the lounge
about Linux from Scratch and the reason why bind is packaged this way.
For example most users do not need to run a caching or authoritative DNS
server, they only need to resolve DNS.
I'm glad I get to wait 10 years. Gentoo was bad enough -- I have no interest in LfS.
I've written a few small OS-en myself and learned a lot doing it, but I got paid for that :o)
I've written a few small OS-en myself and learned a lot doing it, but I got paid for that :o)
15 years experience with Unix,Chuck
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
<div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Chuck Peters <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cp <at> ccil.org">cp <at> ccil.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote"> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5">On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Nick Edwards <<a href="mailto:nick.z.edwards <at> gmail.com">nick.z.edwards <at> gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> ><br> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Chuck Peters <<a href="mailto:cp <at> ccil.org">cp <at> ccil.org</a>> wrote:<br> >><br> >> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Nick Edwards <<a href="mailto:nick.z.edwards <at> gmail.com">nick.z.edwards <at> gmail.com</a>><br> >> wrote:<br> >> ><br> >> ><br> >> > I intend to use 9.8 from source, I removed anything that had<br> >> > bind/host/in it<br> >> > that was related (I am 30 yr veteran of unix so not a newbie, but i am<br> >> > not<br> >> > impressed with how ubuntu breaks things up into million tiny packages<br> >> > all dependant upon critical things.<br> >><br> >> You are probably better off using, or rebuilding, 9.8 packages in order to<br> >> meet<br> >> all the other package dependencies. Mr Hauke Lampe has built them...<br> >> <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Ehauke/+archive/bind9" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~hauke/+archive/bind9</a><br> >><br> >> If you don't trust this third party repository, you can grab his<br> >> source packages,<br> >> inspect them, and rebuild them.<br> >><br> >><br> ><br> > The thing is I want to avoid lock-in with what I use, if I want dictatorship<br> > in packages, I'd use the kids windows pc in the lounge<br><br> </div> </div>If you want to avoid lock in, someone with 30 years experience should know<br> about Linux from Scratch and the reason why bind is packaged this way.<br> For example most users do not need to run a caching or authoritative DNS<br> server, they only need to resolve DNS.<br><br> </blockquote> <div>I'm glad I get to wait 10 years. Gentoo was bad enough -- I have no interest in LfS.<br>I've written a few small OS-en myself and learned a lot doing it, but I got paid for that :o)<br> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote"> <br><br> 15 years experience with Unix,<br><div> <div></div> <div class="h5">Chuck<br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div>-- <br>Kevin O'Gorman, PhD<br><br> </div>
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