Subject: Re: Removal of net/bind9/builtin.mk
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/13/2007 22:57:04
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:40:38PM +0200, Juan RP wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:37:42 +0200
> Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > can I remove the builtin.mk of net/bind9? The problem is that at least
> > DragonFly ships with bind, but installs neither libresolv (in libc)
> > nor libbind. Similiary NetBSD isn't installing libbind either. I
> > therefore question the correctness and usefulness of the file :-)
> 
> Why not fix it instead? it seems more logic to me :-)

The current logic is obscure and as I said, given that the two primary
platforms are not installing most parts of bind anyway, it seems very
misleading :-)

Joerg