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From: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:47:00
Message-Id: 20211213204640.533905dcebeca01758a9bea1@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd by Lars Wendler
1 On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:34:46 +0100 Lars Wendler wrote:
2 > On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:35:20 +0300 Andrew Savchenko wrote:
3 >
4 > >On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:33:34 +0100 Lars Wendler wrote:
5 > >> Fails to build with recent kernel headers (bug #801688).
6 > >> Upstream is gone for a long time. Masked for removal in 30 days.
7 > >> Users should switch over to net-dns/dnsmasq which provides similar
8 > >> features.
9 > >
10 > >Depending on usage profile net-dns/unbound may be a better
11 > >replacement. For me a killer feature of pdnsd was the persistent
12 > >dns cache, which is very useful on mobile devices. Dnsmasq doesn't
13 > >have one, but unbound now has.
14 > >
15 > >Best regards,
16 > >Andrew Savchenko
17 >
18 > Feel free to extend the mask message.
19 > Although I'm considering to cancel the last rite now that a patch has
20 > been submitted to bug #801688.
21
22 Yes, keeping package would be the best option since patch is
23 available: it has many diverse uses.
24
25 Best regards,
26 Andrew Savchenko

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-dns/pdnsd Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@g.o>