[Bug 293405] dns/mDNSResponderPosix: complains during boot about specifying service name

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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:28:51 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293405

            Bug ID: 293405
           Summary: dns/mDNSResponderPosix: complains during boot about
                    specifying service name
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bms@FreeBSD.org

mDNSResponderPosix complains during system boot about specifying a
service name. This looks to be by design. There is no way it could ever
have done anything; the rc script is invoking it without any options of
any kind, other than the -b switch for daemon mode. Raise this with the
appropriate port maintainer.

On the affected FreeBSD instance, mdnsd is already running to provide mDNS
services. For now, just turn it off: sudo service mdnsresponderposix disable ;
sudo shutdown -r now and confirm that we still have mDNS advertisement.
Indeed we do. So whilst the package may be required for the dns-sd
command, the service is not and may be safely ignored.

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