SOLVED (was Re: Package conflict: bind v/s bind-tools)

Gordon Ewasiuk gewasiuk at blackhorselabs.net
Tue Dec 5 14:30:27 UTC 2017


On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Matthew Seaman wrote:

>> Pkg tells me I can have bind OR bind-utils due to a conflict with
>> arpaname, which comes with bind:
>>

(snip)

>> So...I can have BIND and run a DNS server or I can have dig/delv and not
>> run BIND?
>> 
>> Is this a recent change?? Has anyone else encountered it?? If so, how
>> did you handle it?? (Unbound isn't an option for me at this time.)
>
> The bind server package includes everything that's in the bind-utils
> package:
>
> % pkg which /usr/local/bin/dig
> /usr/local/bin/dig was installed by package bind911-9.11.2_4
> % pkg which /usr/local/bin/delv
> /usr/local/bin/delv was installed by package bind911-9.11.2_4

Hi Matthew,

Right before I saw your msg, I discovered that myself.  Argh.  Sorry for 
bothering the list.   Thanks for the quick reply.

-Gordon



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