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From: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:35:03
Message-Id: 20211213093446.5a24d202@abudhabi.paradoxon.rec
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd by Andrew Savchenko
1 On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:35:20 +0300 Andrew Savchenko wrote:
2
3 >On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:33:34 +0100 Lars Wendler wrote:
4 >> Fails to build with recent kernel headers (bug #801688).
5 >> Upstream is gone for a long time. Masked for removal in 30 days.
6 >> Users should switch over to net-dns/dnsmasq which provides similar
7 >> features.
8 >
9 >Depending on usage profile net-dns/unbound may be a better
10 >replacement. For me a killer feature of pdnsd was the persistent
11 >dns cache, which is very useful on mobile devices. Dnsmasq doesn't
12 >have one, but unbound now has.
13 >
14 >Best regards,
15 >Andrew Savchenko
16
17 Feel free to extend the mask message.
18 Although I'm considering to cancel the last rite now that a patch has
19 been submitted to bug #801688.
20
21 Cheers
22 Lars
23 --
24 Lars Wendler
25 Gentoo package maintainer
26 GPG: 21CC CF02 4586 0A07 ED93 9F68 498F E765 960E 9B39

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>