what way to update named?

Olivier Nicole on at cs.ait.ac.th
Wed Aug 1 04:30:10 UTC 2007


> I am using named version 9.3.3 which comes with FreeBSD system (i.e. was
> not installed from ports). 
> 
> I know that in order to upgrade bind, I should cvsup sources and then go
> through the entire procudure of updating the system, installing kernel,
> etc. However, I tend not to use cvsup any more but I usually go for
> freebsd-update tool. 
> 
> My question is: should I wait till freebsd-update tool includes an update
> of bind to 9.3.4 or should I update the system from sources? I can wait but
> I am just not sure what is the preferred method given that I use
> freebsd-update on regular basis. This is FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #2

I am not sure I saw any answer to your question so...

I installed bind 9.3.4 from the ports, using the option to over write
the bind installed by the system, et voila.

bests,

Olivier


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