Bind 8.2.3 Compilation Problem

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "joydeepche" == joydeepche  <joydeep at bplnet.com> writes:

    joydeepche>                I have successfully compiled bind 8.2.3
    joydeepche> on HP-UX 11.00 and got the named server stand up at
    joydeepche> last.  It's resolving configured domains fine except
    joydeepche> that it's not taking more than ONE CNAME for a
    joydeepche> particular A record. The same is working fine with the
    joydeepche> older version 8.2.2. Can anyone comment on this?

BIND8.2.3 is correct. Multiple CNAMEs are illegal. They always have
been. See RFC1034, Section 3.6.2: "If a CNAME RR is present at a node,
no other data should be present". Versions of BIND prior to 8.2.3
tolerated this illegality. Just fix the broken zone files and move on.