Subject: Re: removal of threading in bind9
To: Mipam <mipam@ibb.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/13/2005 08:44:36
On Aug 12, 2005, at 11:53 AM, Mipam wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In FreeBSD threading has been disabled in Bind 9.

As far as I can tell, NetBSD already builds Bind 9's named non- 
threaded, and has ever since Bind 9 was incorporated into the tree.

> See:
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2005-August/050510.html
>
> Reason was because with threading bind 9 performs less and suffers
> a memory leak. So in FreeBSD named is no longer linked to libpthread.
> Is it an idea to do the same in NetBSD?
> At least until 9.4.0 comes which should remedy the mentioned  
> problems and
> should mean a boost in performance.
> Bye,
>
> Mipam.

-- thorpej