>>>	- change the build system to populate /var/named/ by default
>>>	  (with named-xfer, the example etc/namedb, ...)
>>...named-xfer would be installed in /var/named/usr/libexec/named-xfer
>>and a symlink would be put at /usr/libexec/named-xfer?
>
>	or, every time before named startup, copy /usr/libexec/named-xfer
>	into /var/named/usr/libexec/named-xfer.

that might be a bit heavy.  running cmp (or diff) would be heavier,
but checking that the mtime and size were the same (if copied with -p)
would probably be sufficient.

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