Why disable threads for Bind 9 on Solaris 2.6 ??

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> > 	Because there are bugs in the pthreads implementation.
> 
>   I've joined bind9-users and bind9-workers, have looked
> through the archives, and "CHANGES" in 9.1.0.  I'm looking
> for a little more detail on this and not finding it.

	There won't be anything as it is a bug in the code Sun
	ships.

> 
>   What exactly is the problem?  I think I read a note
> that said there was a problem with signals being delivered to
> the wrong thread.  I suppose the person who wrote this must
> have read it on "bind9-??" before I joined it.
> 
>   Are there patches for Solaris 6 that can solve this?

	Not that we are aware of.

> 
>   What release of Solaris does one have to run to enable
> threads in BIND 9?

	I believe 2.7 is ok.

> 
>   Is there any downside to running it with threads disabled?

	Apart from only getting access to one CPU, no.

> 
>   Would like to get on the BIND 9 bandwagon, but need info.
> 
> 					Thanks, Scott
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