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[ On Wed, September 16, 1998 at 20:11:28 (-0400), John Hawkinson wrote: ] > Subject: Re: COM zone and serials > > For instance, traceroute that differs from the canonical version > (ftp.ee.lbl.gov). Although the verions of traceroute at ftp.ee.lbl.gov may be the root of all traceroutes, I'd never consider it to be the most portable one. That said though I must admit I've stopped using Eric's version of traceroute in favour of the version that comes with NetBSD. However in the days I was still using SunOS-4 on my primary server(s), Eric's version was enormously better than the LBL version, and much easier to get working. > "host" that differs from any of the canonical versions (like that > distributed with bind), etc., etc. I think you'll find the 'host' in the "tools" sub-directory of the BIND distribution is an extremely ancient predecessor to the version Eric maintains and that the one in the "contrib/host" sub-directory is in fact a slightly out-of-date version of Eric's host(1). I.e. Eric's host(1) *is* the "canonical" version. > I think promulgating their usage as long as they conflict in name > with more popular versions of the same programs is A Poor Idea. What you call a "canonical" version simply may be the "original predecessor". Even I maintain and distribute enhanced versions of programs that originally came from elsewhere (eg. fingerd, newsyslog, etc.). I rarely, if ever, change their names (though usually I give the distribution tar archive a different version name :-). "Use what works. Use what works best." -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <[email protected]> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <[email protected]>; Secrets of the Weird <[email protected]>
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