[csw-maintainers] New package, djbdns, and update package, rl, in testing...

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Wed Mar 4 20:02:24 CET 2009


Hi Gary,

Am 04.03.2009 um 14:49 schrieb Gary Law:
> One new package, the evil/virtuous djbdns. This love-it-or-loathe- 
> it job has been done to satisfy a need I have, and AFAIK is on a  
> CSW wish list I saw somewhere; it's just the binaries, none of the  
> myriad of servers that are included are configured or started. I  
> think this fit with policy as none of them work without custom  
> config anyway. Note this installs entirely in /opt/csw, as we are  
> free to ignore djbs install instructions as he has finally placed  
> the software in the public domain. I'm not sure if to declare a  
> dependency on ucspi-tcp and daemontools, as it is theoretically  
> possible to run this binaries without the rest of the djbware, but  
> in practice no-one does.
>
> One updated package, the trivial rl (randomize lines) has a version  
> bump. Use this to mash up your log files for fun and profit.
>
> Both were build from gar on the bo farm. Sparc and x86 binaries are  
> now sitting in /home/testing for you cogitate over...

That's great news! I propose to add another package CSWdjbdns- 
daemontools for the
proper daemontool-integration which also handles dependencies.

BTW, just today a bug was found in djbdns, which is very rare, to say
the least. Good timing ;-)
   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.djbdns/13864


Best regards

   -- Dago



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