On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 03:10:44PM -0700, John Wenger wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Gerrit Pape <p...@smarden.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:45:55PM -0700, John Wenger wrote: > > > I have used djbdns off and on for years (woody, sarge, and before) but > > > I was never able to get it to work using the debian way. Everyone > > > said just use DJB's method, and it worked as a charm. Now, years > > > later, I tried teh Debian way using the Lenny deb dbndns, and once > > > again I am defeated. The man pages are reference pages, without > > > examples, and the DJB website has tutorial instructions the DJB-way > > > but not for the Debian way. Debian needs to either put things where > > > DJB's tutorial expects them, or Debian needs to write their won > > > tutorials. Bythe way, I have the dnscache running fine, returning > > > results in 2 ms. > > > > Hi, I'm sorry that you got frustated. I see that the dbndns package > > lacks documentation that's included in the djbdns package. I don't know > > why you chose the dbndns package instead of djbdns. Would this > > information in /usr/share/doc/dbndns/README.Debian have helped you?: > >
> Thanks very much for your prompt response. > > I used apt-cache show <pkg name> to read about both debs, but was not able > to learn which one to use, and for why. It would really help me if these > commands informed us which to use and why. Ok, I'll see what I can do to improve this. > I would happily use either dbndns or djbdns. Which should I use and why? > > And yes, that info in /usr/share/doc/dbndns/README.Debianwould have helped > me. But that entry in /etc/sv has me confused. What is that about? I'll add that paragraph to dbndns' README.Debian. What do you mean by 'entry in /etc/sv', where did you read about that? > > --- > > djbdns for Debian > > ----------------- > > > > This package provides the djbdns programs, installed into /usr/bin/, and > > man pages. When configuring and enabling djbdns services, please note > > that daemontools' default directory for services on Debian is > > /etc/service/, not /service/. > > > > See http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html for detailed documentation. > > > > -- Gerrit Pape <p...@smarden.org>, Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:14:00 +0000 > > --- > > > > Apart from these changes, you should be able to configure and run djbdns > > using upstream's method. > > > > I don't know what upstream's method is. I guess that makes me a class 2 > bug-reporter, since type threes know that. ?? It's a misunderstanding then, above you wrote 'Everyone said just use DJB's method, and it worked as a charm.', which made me think you did so, and it worked just fine for you. Upstream's method is documented through http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
