Strange things in v8.2.2 on Solaris7

[Kim Halavakoski]

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, BOFH wrote:

> Fresh install of Solaris7 on sparc
> 
> Installed the latest patches (all twenty-blue bazillion of 'em)
> 
> Installed gcc, make, and binutils
> 
> Ran make DST=/etc/bind SRC=`pwd` links
> 
> >From /etc/bind ran make
> 
> Edited /port/solaris/Makefile.set to point all of the DESTxxx directories
> to /usr/xxx instead of /usr/local/xxx
> 
> Ran make install successfully
> 
> Now, when I try to run named, it complains that it can't open
> /usr/local/etc/named.conf (???? I thought I got rid of /local/, re-check
> Makefile.set, yup, it says /usr/xxx not /usr/local/xxx)
> 
> OK, so it's oh-dark-thirty so I make the /usr/local/etc directory and
> link to /usr/etc/named.conf
> 
> Successful start and replication.  So far so good.
> 
> Now, try to run ndc for status or reload and I get:
> 
> ndc: error: ctl_client: evConnect (fd 3): Socket operation in non-socket
> ndc: error: cannot connect to command channel (usr/etc/ndc)
> 
> ???? again...  I could have sworn I pointed all of the execs to
> /usr/bin or /usr/sbin.  Go back, double check, yes, pointed to /usr/bin 
> (at least that's where the ndc binary ended up).
> 
> Look through deja's archive for similar probs, nothing.
> 
> Look through the Troubleshooting section of DNS 3rd ed, nothing.
> 
> This is not a show stopper (I can work around with links and kill -HUPs
> for the moment), but I would like to know what I did wrong or left out of
> the Makefile.
> 
> - Ed
> 
Hi!
I think the README said that the variables get cached in .settings in the
source directory, so if you edit the port/solaris/Makefile.set you'll
have to delete the cached variables in .settings before doing a make
install! It seems that make has used the old variables in your build?

- Kim