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Re: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6?

From: Michael Wise
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2003
Time: 6:24:23 pm

At 17:28 -0700 9/25/03, Men & Mice Support wrote:

>At 5:10 PM -0700 9/25/03, Michael Wise wrote:
>>At 16:59 -0700 9/25/03, Men & Mice Support wrote:
>>
>>>QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 is compatible with Bind 8, but the
>>>delegation-only zone type that it allows use of is only available
>>>with the most recent versions of Bind 9.
>>>
>>>The installer for QuickDNS 4.6 will include Bind 9 (one of the
>>>recent versions, probably 9.2.2P1). If you want to use
>>>delegation-only zone statements now, as described in the knowledge
>>>base article, then you must upgrade to Bind 9.2.2P1 through other
>>>means.
>>
>>
>>Why include a version of BIND known and confirmed to have problems?
>>
>>See:
>>
>>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bind-users&m=106421918709472&w=2
>>
>>
>>Shouldn't you be using 9.2.3rc4 or better?
>
>Well... Thanks for pointing out that there's a more recent version.


I'm not so much pointing out that there are more recent versions as
much as the fact as there are documented issues with the possible
version you stated would be included with 4.6.

>
>But we're probably going to stay away from rc versions - at this
>point, we'll probably go with whatever the latest patch is for
>9.2.2. Currently, that appears to be 9.2.2P3, which was released
>yesterday.


Why is it you deem a P version any more preferable than an RC version?


--Mike





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