Bind 9.0.0 on Windows platforms..

[Danny Mayer]

		I'd be willing to undertake this, in my own time of course.  I've done
plenty
  of ports to various different O/S's.  Several weeks ago I build BIND
8.2.2-P5
  along with nslookup.  Then I noticed that 8.2.3-T6B was available and
build that
  last week, along with building nslookup.  It took a little more work.  I
did try and
  build dig, but I ran into problems with a fork (naturally), and wait.  I
wanted to submit
  my fixes, but I haven't been able to figure out who to send them to. Also
I found
  out that there were at least two missing files from the winnt specific
BINDInstall
  program so I wasn't able to build that piece. Since 9.0.0 has now been
released,
  I have pulled the latest sources.  Larry from Nortel hasn't responded to
my mail
  yet, so he may be on vacation.  I did join the bind9-workers mailing
list, but I
  haven't seen a single mail message from that list.

		I need know who to contact to get information on the sources and how to
  update the source pool.  Most porting problems are straight forward, but
take time
  to figure out.  SInce the work would be done evenings and weekends don't
expect
  quick results.

		BTW, since 9.0.0 has been released, does that mean that 8.2.3 is now dead?
  Sorry I didn't see Daves Bounty offer, or I'd be $250 richer.

					Danny

At 10:12 PM 9/21/00 +0200, Len Conrad wrote:
>
>
>> > David Conrad told me there are no plans (really, no Win32 development
>> > resources at ISC) to port BIND9 to Win32.
>> > Len
>>
>>You can't be serious...
>
>but I am.
>
>>9.0.0 has fixed many win32 bugs (says so in the
>>changes file), and is supposed to make porting easier...!
>
>Have you noticed that ISC has not been able to muster the resoures to 
>fix the bugs in the NT port of 8.2.2 p5 over the last 5 or 6 months?
>
>Did you see David Conrad's bounty of $250 a couple of months ago for 
>anyone who could fix the bugs in 8.2.2 p5 NT port?
>
>Have you noticed that 8.2.3 or 9 is not available for NT or W2K ?
>
>It was only last week that Nortel Networks contributed the fixes of 
>the NT 8.2.2p5 Multiple-A record bug.
>
>There may be a BIND9 port to Win32, but from what I hear from David, 
>ISC won't be doing it, for lack of Win32 resources.
>
>Any takers?  And do a port of dig at the same time.
>
>Len
>