Why the --disable-ipv6 option does not work?

[won seok]

Dear Danny

Then, I had better use an old version of bind that didn't contain ipv6 function. 
Can you recommend the old bind sw for me? 

Thanks in advance. 






Danny Mayer <mayer at gis.net> wrote in message news:<cajagi$16on$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
> At 01:51 AM 6/11/2004, won seok wrote:
> >Dear Edvard.
> >
> >In fact, I have to port the Bind9 to mips board.=20
> >The Bind9 is compiled very well when I used gcc.=20
> >But there happened to appear errors about ipv6 when I tried to compile
> >it using mips cross compiler.
> >So I thought that the configure file of bind9 should be changed to
> >ignore ipv6 functionality of my development pc.
> 
> Then you totally misunderstand why it's checking for IPv6 support.
> BIND REQUIRES the structures, functions, etc. even if you don't
> have IPv6 enabled on your system. It has nothing to do with running
> IPv6. The configure step looks to see if your system has the support
> required, otherwise it uses it's own internal version of these structures
> and functions.
> 
> >If you can give more advice to me, please read the following current
> >status.
> >1) ./configure --with-openssl=3D/root/openssl-0.9.7d =20
> >         <--- the openssl is compiled by cross compiler.=20
> >2) gmake CC=3D... mipsel-uclibc-gcc=20
> >         <--- cross compiling
> >     ..........
> >     ./gen: cannot execute binary file.=20
> >         <--- now the gen file is built with cross comipler so it can't
> >run on x86 machine. so returns error.
> >3) gmake=20
> >4) copy files which are generated by gen utility to proper locations.
> >( code.h rdatastruct.h enumclass.h enumtype.h )
> >5) repeat the above 2)
> >      ..........
> >      error  about ipv6
> >6) modify the Makefile (bind9)=20
> >      <--- I commented all ipv6 check lines. ( more 300 lines )=20
> 
> Don't. Leave them there or you will get compile errors.
> 
> >7) gmake CC=3D... mipsel-uclibc-gcc
> >     ............
> >     gmake[4]: exit `/root/bind-9.3.0beta4/lib/isc/unix/include'
> >directory
> >/export/ADM5120/mipsel-linux-uclibc/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc  -g -O2
> >-I/root/bind-9.3.0beta4 -I./include -I./../nothreads/include
> >-I../include -I./../include -I./..      -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
> >-Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat  -c interfaceiter.c
> >In file included from include/isc/net.h:90,
> >                  from ../include/isc/netaddr.h:24,
> >                  from ../include/isc/interfaceiter.h:46,
> >                  from interfaceiter.c:33:
> >../include/isc/ipv6.h:63: redefinition of `struct in6_addr'
> >../include/isc/ipv6.h:81: redefinition of `struct sockaddr_in6'
> >In file included from ../include/isc/netaddr.h:24,
> >                  from ../include/isc/interfaceiter.h:46,
> >                  from interfaceiter.c:33:
> >include/isc/net.h:172: redefinition of `struct in6_pktinfo'
> >gmake[3]: *** [interfaceiter.o] Error 1
> >gmake[3]: Exit `/root/bind-9.3.0beta4/lib/isc/unix' directory
> >gmake[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> >gmake[2]: Exit `/root/bind-9.3.0beta4/lib/isc' directory
> >gmake[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> >gmake[1]: Exit `/root/bind-9.3.0beta4/lib' directory
> >gmake: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> 
> Hardly a surprise. You removed the checks so now when it builds it
> finds them in the O/S's headers as well as it's own. You need to figure out
> what it's complaining about instead of focusing on removing all mention
> of IPv6.
> 
> Danny
> 
> >[~/bind-9.3.0beta4]_
> >
> >Thak you for your kind advice.=20