bind9.1.1 on BSDI 4.0.1 taking up 99% processor time

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 06:44:28PM +0000, nate (alive) wrote:
> load averages:  1.04,  1.06,  1.01
> 12:44:20
> 49 processes:  2 running, 47 sleeping
> CPU states:     % user,     % nice,     % system,     % interrupt,     %
> idle
> Memory: Real: 13M/27M Virt: 267M/487M Free: 78M
> 
>   PID USERNAME PRI NICE  SIZE   RES STATE   TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
>  7669 root      95    0 1420K 2636K run/0   1:21 99.14% 97.51% named
> 
> ***
> 
> is this a common problem that is easily fixable or easily remedied? i've
> checked the ISC archives and some people have said that bind 9.1.1 and BSDI
> 4.0.1 don't work correctly together because BSDI doesn't handle pthreads
> correctly.
> 
> any ideas? please email to nate at dopedesign.com

Try configuring and building BIND using "./configure --without-threads" (or was that
"--disable-threads"?