On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, David Talkington wrote: > I haven't tried the recent version of djbdns which does this. What > Bernstein is trying to accomplish is laudable, but I would prefer that > he let me solve the problem my own way. I don't recommend installing > to /usr/local/bin, for the same reasons that Dan doesn't. It's no fun > to have name clashes, and it's even less fun to clean out a program > you don't want anymore when it's buried in a pile of unrelated > binaries. That's why I install all custom packages to > /usr/local/packagename-versionnumber, and use symlinks to set up > default paths to the working versions. That's very similar to what Dan > is doing with his new packages; he's just doing it in his own > namespace and using his own directory structure, and hasn't made it > easy to override it. > > Nevertheless, you don't need to worry about jailing djbdns. It > already runs chrooted (and non-root) once configured, and is still > vastly preferable to BIND. In fact: > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/guarantee.html > > If you do figure out a way to alter its install path, short of hacking > the source, please pass it along. =)
In the FWIW department, from the end of August thru the beginning of September there was a protracted discussion on the openbsd-ports mail list between DJB and the developer's of openbsd about the above topic. If you have a masochistic streak go read the archive for that list. It was quite entertaining and enlightening. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
