Re: Suggestion: Removal of BIND from base / Import alternative DNS Library ldns / import dig replacement drill

[Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@xxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon schrieb:
>     I'm not sure about binary compatibility if the resolver is moved
>     out of libc (if I read that right) and into libldns.  Or were you
>     intending on leaving the resolver in libc?  I'm a little confused.

This is not part of this patch-set. I moved BINDs resolver into 
libc/resolv, libc/nameser etc. So libc is basically unchanged.

Moving resolver to libldns is an idea that needs a lot deeper investigation.


>     I fully agree with separating the resolver calls out from the BIND
>     contrib and putting them into libc natively, then disconnecting
>     BIND from the build and e.g. using pkgsrc to get its functionality.

That is exactly what this patchset does.

Jan