Problems compiling Bind 8.2.3 on Solaris 8

[Piotr Kasztelowicz]

Hello

> /usr/local/bind/src #make
> Using .systype
> Using .settings
> /usr/local/bind/src/include
> /usr/local/bind/src/include/arpa
> /usr/local/bind/src/include/isc
> /usr/local/bind/src/port
> /usr/local/bind/src/port/solaris
> /usr/local/bind/src/port/solaris/include
> /usr/local/bind/src/port/solaris/include/sys
> choose_bitypes
> sys/bitypes.h is up-to-date.
> make_os_version
> probe_ipv6
> gcc  -g -O2 -I../../port/solaris/include
> -I../../include -c noop.c
> : ld -x -r noop.o && : mv a.out noop.o
> /usr/ccs/bin/ar cru ../../lib/libbind.a  noop.o
> /usr/ccs/bin/ranlib ../../lib/libbind.a
> /usr/local/bind/src/lib
> /usr/local/bind/src/lib/resolv
> if test ! -d threaded ; then mkdir threaded ; else
> true ; fi
> gcc -I../../port/solaris/include -I../../include -g
> -O2  -D_REENTRANT -c herror.
> c \
>  -o threaded/herror.o
> : ld -x -r threaded/herror.o \
>  -o threaded/herror.out && \
>  : mv threaded/herror.out threaded/herror.o
> gcc -I../../port/solaris/include -I../../include -g
> -O2  -c herror.c
> : ld -x -r herror.o -o herror.out && \


...

Observing the discussion I have remarks, the problems associated
with bugs in compiling and work the 8.2.3 or 9.x version seems
to be more than problems with security described by CERT with
8.2 version.

Piotr
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Piotr Kasztelowicz                 <Piotr.Kasztelowicz at lodz.ptkardio.pl>
[http://www.am.torun.pl/~pekasz]