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From: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:05:38
Message-Id: 20211216110500.4044738e@abudhabi.paradoxon.rec
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd by Andrew Savchenko
1 On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:46:40 +0300 Andrew Savchenko wrote:
2
3 >On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:34:46 +0100 Lars Wendler wrote:
4 >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:35:20 +0300 Andrew Savchenko wrote:
5 >>
6 >> >On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:33:34 +0100 Lars Wendler wrote:
7 >> >> Fails to build with recent kernel headers (bug #801688).
8 >> >> Upstream is gone for a long time. Masked for removal in 30 days.
9 >> >> Users should switch over to net-dns/dnsmasq which provides similar
10 >> >> features.
11 >> >
12 >> >Depending on usage profile net-dns/unbound may be a better
13 >> >replacement. For me a killer feature of pdnsd was the persistent
14 >> >dns cache, which is very useful on mobile devices. Dnsmasq doesn't
15 >> >have one, but unbound now has.
16 >> >
17 >> >Best regards,
18 >> >Andrew Savchenko
19 >>
20 >> Feel free to extend the mask message.
21 >> Although I'm considering to cancel the last rite now that a patch has
22 >> been submitted to bug #801688.
23 >
24 >Yes, keeping package would be the best option since patch is
25 >available: it has many diverse uses.
26 >
27 >Best regards,
28 >Andrew Savchenko
29
30 Last-rite has been canceled:
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32 https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7ce35657f269c3b7016e8940ad36e59cf06e12a4
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34 https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a27b0b43f00bfe239f413edaf2da398ce1bf06ec
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36
37 Cheers
38 --
39 Lars Wendler
40 Gentoo package maintainer
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