Bind9 has stored it's settings in /etc instead of /usr/local/etc

Ceri Davies ceri at submonkey.net
Fri Sep 15 08:45:47 BST 2006


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On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:36:39PM +0100, Pete French wrote:
> > My 9.3.2 seems to put it all in /var/namedb/etc/namedb and softlinks
> > that from /etc/namedb. Can anyone explain why this is so?
>=20
> After a quick bit of 'ls', thats actually how the supplied bind is setup
> on the system. In this case the port is replacing a system supplied bit of
> code and is thus is installing it in the same place. It's obeying the
> usual rule of 'stuff which didnt come withn the OS in /usr/local', but
> in the reverse sense to a normal port.

It goes under /usr/local unless WITH_REPLACE_BASE is defined.

Is the OP sure they're looking at the right one?

Ceri
--=20
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