RELENG_7 changes for rc.d/named

[Michal Varga]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Oliver Lehmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> since my last RELENG_7 update a new rc.conf variable named_conf appeared.
>>
>> How is this supposted to work with a chroot named? I guess not at all?
>
> I realize that you're frustrated and upset, so I will disregard the
> mildly obnoxious tone of your message, and this comment in particular.
>
> FWIW, I have been maintaining BIND bits in FreeBSD for 9 years. I have
> 15 years experience as a DNS administrator, and have donated literally
> hundreds of hours to make the default BIND configuration conform to
> best practices in terms of both security and operations. Your
> suggestion that I've simply foisted some untested crap onto the
> FreeBSD community is at best, rude. At worst, it's just plain stupid
> given that named is chroot'ed by default, and has been for years.
>
I'm sorry to put it this way, Doug, as I (as many other people around)
really value the work you do for FreeBSD and for all of us. But in
this case, your whole reply seems like you are just randomly punching
a guy out of some (external?) frustration, only because he was, well,
in the wrong place at the wrong time. From what I see (but well, I may
be nobody to judge that, after all) in OP's quite polite and
nonconfrontational original mail, he is just confused by the recent
changes and is raising a question. On the other hand, you take it
rather personally with all that "OMG you think I would ever do that?!
How dare you! Burn the witch!" tone.

I don't know, it may be just me, but wouldn't be a simple "No sir, you
are wrong. It's your configuration that doesn't work in this setup,
please see here:

> I say "created for yourself" because the default configuration
> directory in FreeBSD (and I believe most/all of the other *BSDs too)
> is "/etc/namedb," not "/etc/named." [...]

etc, etc", somewhat more constructive here? Sure, you eventually did
that in the end, but only after you gave him a father-to-child
scolding speech for, well, I can't really see for what reason, or how
the guy deserved that for raising a simple question.

Anyway, just my two cents. Keep up the good work, and, again, please,
don't take it rather personally.

m.