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From:
Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject:
Re: removal of gdnsd
To:
Joerg Jung <mail@umaxx.net>
Cc:
ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Wed, 5 Aug 2026 10:53:57 +0100

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  • Joerg Jung:

    removal of gdnsd

    • Stuart Henderson:

      removal of gdnsd

Wouldn't it be better to keep it, even if outdared, so updates aren't
broken for existing users? (presumably it's not actually broken?)

Feel free to drop maintainer, of course.

On 2026/08/04 21:16, Joerg Jung wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was thinking of dropping/removing current version 2 of gdnsd,
> so that somone can just start from scratch with a 3 version port.
> 
> The update is not trivial because they changed a lot of things 
> from version 2->3, see: https://github.com/gdnsd/gdnsd/blob/main/VERSION3.md
> 
> Most important, they dropped service support and expect systemd 
> alike to handle. I believe rc system supports this nowadays via rc_bg=NO 
> and similar. I also believe ports tree contains already very similar n
> on-daemon rc script examples, i.e. audio/navidrome.
> 
> Still, last time (months ago) I looked into gdnsd latest version needed 
> some minor patches to compile, but I eventually got it working.
> 
> However, unfortunately ENOTIME right now to update it.
> 
> So any objections or OKs for removing it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> Joerg (jung@)
>