BIND 8.2.2-P5 downgrade

[Madariola, Babashola]

The idea actually is to retain the existing DNS configuration (and
version)and deal with any issue that the OS upgrade will manifest before
upgrading BIND. So that one issue can be troubleshooted at a time.
Does this mean that once I install Solaris 8, I can no longer retain the
existing BIND 4.9.4?

Shola

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Darcy [mailto:kcd at daimlerchrysler.com]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:40 PM
To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
Subject: Re: BIND 8.2.2-P5 downgrade



named.conf and named.boot have a totally different format. That's why simply
renaming the file didn't work. You need to *convert* the named.boot file to
a
named.conf file. Do a "man named-bootconf".

Under *no* circumstances should you try to build or install BIND 4.9.4 on
your
box. It's every bit as insecure as BIND 8.2.2 and has tons of long-ago-fixed
operational bugs besides.

If you're going to build anything, build either BIND 8.2.4 or BIND 9.1.3.


- Kevin


Madariola, Babashola wrote:

> Hello
> I recently upgraded my Sun box running Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8.
> The server had BIND 4.9.4 running prior to this upgrade. By default the OS
> upgrade also upgraded the BIND to 8.2.2 despite
> selecting "none" for the name server during the upgrade.
> The DNS boot file after the upgrade was still named.boot, but the file
being
> loaded from the startup file /etc/init.d/inetsvc was
> /etc/named.conf. I changed this to /etc/named.boot, but the DNS was still
> not running properly.
> I resolved to install DNS 4.9.4 from scratch.
> This is the error encounter
>
> server# # make install
> /tmp/res
> cc  -O -g -I../include -I../compat/include  -DUSE_OPTIONS_H -c herror.c
> /usr/ucb/cc:  language optional software package not installed
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `herror.o'
> Current working directory /tmp/res
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install'
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion regarding what I can do next?
> Could it be the compiler, and if so what is the recommended?
> I'll also like to have a list of command(s) to run for the installation
just
> to confirm I'm on the right path.
> Another thing is, I'd like to know if there's an alternative to retaining
> the BIND 4.9.4 version without re-installing from scratch.
>
> TIA
> Shola