dns/powerdns-recursor 5.4.8 FreeBSD

Advanced DNS recursor

System: FreeBSD
Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-10-22
Commit: b73d58bb47
License: GPLv2
Categories: dns
Package size: 5484.5 KiB, 18445.1 KiB installed

Description

The PowerDNS Recursor is a high-end, high-performance resolving name server which powers the DNS resolution of at least a hundred million subscribers. Utilizing multiple processors and supporting the same powerful scripting ability of the Authoritative Server, the Recursor delivers top performance while retaining the flexibility modern DNS deployments require:

* IPv4, UDP/TCP * IPv6, UDP/TCP, 100% compliant * Remotely pollable statistics for real time graphing * Full support for all relevant standards * Advanced anti-spoofing measures * Reconfiguration without downtime * Plain BIND zone files for "resolved hosting" * Internal Lua-based scripted answer generation * Question interception, answer reconditioning, NXDOMAIN redirection

Including 'block lists' and security measures * API for direct control (rec_control)
Local and remote access * DNS Response Policy Zones (RPZ) * DNS64

In the other systems

System

Port

Version

FreeBSD

dns/powerdns-recursor

5.4.8

OpenBSD

net/powerdns_recursor

5.4.8

NetBSD

net/powerdns-recursor

5.4.6

HardenedBSD

dns/powerdns-recursor

5.4.6_2

GhostBSD

dns/powerdns-recursor

5.4.6_1

Install

Binary package:

pkg install powerdns-recursor

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/dns/powerdns-recursor/ && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	powerdns-recursor>0:dns/powerdns-recursor

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repository

aarch64

amd64

armv6

armv7

i386

FreeBSD:14:latest

5.4.7

5.4.7_1

5.2.5

FreeBSD:14:quarterly

5.4.7

n/a

5.2.4

FreeBSD:15:latest

5.4.7_1

n/a

5.2.5

FreeBSD:15:quarterly

5.4.7

n/a

FreeBSD:16:latest

5.4.7

5.4.7_1

n/a

FreeBSD:16:quarterly

n/a

Dependencies

As this port's Makefile names them.

Build 1

${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp : devel/boost-libs

Library 3

libboost_context.so : devel/boost-libs
libcurl.so : ftp/curl
libsodium.so : security/libsodium

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

Build dependencies 25

Run dependencies 15

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

Options name: dns_recursor

Option

Default

Description

DNSTAP

off

dnstap support (see dnstap.info)

GNUTLS

off

SSL/TLS support via GnuTLS

LUA

Use lang/lua

LUAJIT

off

Use luajit

NOD

Newly Observed Domain Tracking support

SNMP

off

SNMP network protocol support

USES: cargo compiler:c++17-lang cpe localbase meson pkgconfig python:build ssl tar:xz
Service scripts: pdns_recursor

Message after installing

If you want to use the PowerDNS Recursor,
 you need the following line in /etc/rc.conf(.local)
 or in /etc/rc.conf.d/pdns_recursor

    pdns_recursor_enable="YES"

 Configuration templates are available in /usr/local/etc/pdns
 as recursor.conf-dist.

Since version 5.1.0 the tarball no longer contains a recursor.conf-dist
and users need to start using the YAML format.

A new command is available to the rc.d script, showyaml, which converts
the old config to YAML format. This can be run via:
  service pdns_recursor showyaml

It ony shows the new config and won't overwrite your old config.

Please double check if everything has been converted correctly.

Files

Manual pages 2

pdns_recursor(1)
rec_control(1)

pkg-plist 6

etc/pdns/recursor.yml-dist
bin/rec_control
sbin/pdns_recursor
share/man/man1/pdns_recursor.1.gz
share/man/man1/rec_control.1.gz
@dir(root,wheel,0755) /var/run/pdns-recursor

distinfo 99

File

Size

SHA256

pdns-recursor-5.4.8.tar.xz

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Master sites 1

https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/

Commit history 10

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-10-22

b73d58bb47

Jordan Ostreff

dns/powerdns-recursor: Update 5.4.7 => 5.4.8

Release Notes: https://blog.powerdns.com/2026/10/21/powerdns-security-advisory-2026-12-for-powerdns-recursor Security Advisory: https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-12.html Changelog: https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/5.4.html#change-5.4.8 PR: 299708 Approved by: Ralf van der Enden <[email protected]> (maintainer) Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit) Security: CVE-2026-73205 Security: CVE-2026-73206 Security: CVE-2026-85555 Security: CVE-2026-85556 Security: CVE-2026-85557 Security: CVE-2026-85558 Security: CVE-2026-85559 MFH: 2026Q4

2026-10-14

9c878207a1

Mikael Urankar

lang/rust: Bump revisions after 1.99.0

PR: 299016

2026-10-01

7bc3a31c94

Ralf van der Enden

dns/powerdns-recursor: Update 5.4.6 => 5.4.7

This is a bugfix release. Changelog: https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/5.4.html#change-5.4.7 PR: 299006 Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)

2026-09-29 97a84ef467 Dima Panov */*: update boost consumers after boost-1.92

2026-09-08

7316461925

Mikael Urankar

lang/rust: Bump revisions after 1.98.1

PR: 298139

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