BIND 8.2.2-P5 downgrade

[Kevin Darcy]

I haven't tried it, but I'm doubtful that 4.9.4 even builds on Solaris 8.

BIND 4 has way more bugs than BIND 8 does. My opinion is that you'll be
troubleshooting less problems if you just go with BIND 8. Besides, BIND 8.2.4
is much closer to the "native" BIND that ships with Solaris 8.


- Kevin

Madariola, Babashola wrote:

> 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