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[71.77.18.211]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g15-20020a0562140acf00b00690e4beae30sm4572092qvi.56.2024.03.17.13.53.59 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ZEUS.seibercom.net [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by mystic.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4TyVZt45qtz31h5 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:53:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:53:57 -0400 From: "Gerard E. Seibert" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Does bind Have So Many Dependencies Message-ID: <20240317165357.00001c4d@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <44a5mwiql8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <44bk7ff70i.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <18e4819d3e0.2890.0b331fcf0b21179f1640bd439e3f4a1e@tundraware.com> <44a5mwiql8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Reply-To: questions@freebsd.org, jerry@seibercom.net Organization: seibercom.NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-w64-mingw32) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 1.3.0 at mystic.seibercom.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spamd-Bar: + X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.50 / 15.00]; REPLYTO_EQ_TO_ADDR(5.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.997]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[seibercom.net:s=google]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[seibercom.net]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::232:from]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[seibercom.net:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TyVmb3dZcz4h1c On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:52:03 -0400, Lowell Gilbert stated: Taking a completely side t[r]?ack... Greg 'groggy' Lehey writes: > "For every difficult problem there is an answer that is simple, > elegant, and wrong". =20 For the record, because this is one of my favorite quotes, I would like to offer a traceable attribution of the phrase. It comes from H.L. Mencken, who first wrote it in the New York Evening Mail in 1917. He went on to put it in other essays over another third of a century. His actual wording at that time was: "Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem =E2=80=94 neat, plausible, and wrong." I haven't been able to dig up an original source for the version that Greg Lehey quotes, but I'd love to hear about it if you know it: that version is much more on-the-nose here in 2024. Be well. Lowell I believe you are referring to =E2=80=95 H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second s= eries --=20 Gerard