8.3.2 'make install' problem
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Jun 27 21:46:57 UTC 2002
>
> bit-bucket at maney.org wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've run across a problem with 'make install' for bind-8.3.2.
> >
> > Here's the scenario:
> >
> > We currently have multiple HPUX machines acting as DNS servers. These
> > machines need to be upgraded/replaced. We are going to be using several
> > new HPUX 11.0 machines in their place. The new machines do not have
> > compilers on them. We are using another HPUX 11.0 machine that does
> > have compilers on it (B.11.01.06 HP C/ANSI C Developer's Bundle and
> > B11.01.06 HP aC++ Compiler S800) to build BIND 8.3.2. The intent being
> > to do all the compiling there and then simply tarring the whole mess up,
> > moving it over to the new DNS machines, untarring and running 'make
> > install'.
> >
> > Unfortunately, after faithfully following all of the steps in the
> > INSTALL document up to the 'make install', then tarring the whole
> > thing up and moving it to the target machine, the 'make install'
> > dies a spectacular death.
> >
> > I've tried building 8.3.2 on a Solaris 8 machine with the same results,
> > so I started looking into the makefiles to trace the problem. The
> > problem is that 'make install' doesn't just do the little things of
> > making directories, copying files and creating links like you'd expect.
> > It actually calls the compiler.
> >
> > I admit that I haven't looked too hard, but I didn't see this
> > answered anyplace on the net.
> >
> > So, my questions are:
> > 1. has anyone else run into this problem? and if so, have they found
> > a work around that did not require rewriting all the makefiles?
> > 2. why was this makefile configuration used in the first place?
> >
> > fpsm
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>
>
> What are the errors you are getting from make ?? I've never had trouble
> on Solaris 8, but I use gcc
>
> You might have less trouble if you compile the new version of bind.
>
BIND 8 has support for installing into a alternate location
so you can tar up the result and perform a binary installation.
See README / INSTALL.
Mark
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