Drill version 1.6.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.6.1

      View the most recent changes for the drill port at: drill.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for drill.
      The raw portfile for drill 1.6.1 is located here:
      http://drill.darwinports.com/dports/net/drill/Portfile
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      The drill Portfile 58036 2009-09-21 05:32:27Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: drill
      Version: 1.6.1
      Category: net devel
      Platform: darwin
      license BSD
      Maintainers: durchmesser.ch:marius.rieder
      Description: A dig-style dnssec-aware dns debugging tool
      Long Description: Drill is a tool ala dig from BIND. It was designed with DNSSEC in mind and should be a useful debugging/query tool for DNSSEC.

      Homepage: http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/drill/
      Master Sites: http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/
      distfiles ldns-${version}${extract.suffix}
      dist_subdir ldns
      Checksums: sha1 625ad56970ebf91ae91af2fbb92b048164717df1
      depends_lib port:ldns
      worksrcdir ldns-${version}/drill
      configure.args --with-ldns=${prefix} --without-ssl

      Variant: ssl description {Use ssl to enable all crypt functions} {
      configure.args-delete --without-ssl
      configure.args-append --with-ssl=${prefix}
      depends_lib-append port:openssl
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/drill
      % sudo port install drill
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching drill
      ---> Verifying checksum for drill
      ---> Extracting drill
      ---> Configuring drill
      ---> Building drill with target all
      ---> Staging drill into destroot
      ---> Installing drill
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using drill with these commands:
      %  man drill
      % apropos drill
      % which drill
      % locate drill

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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