Bind Error

[Chris Buxton]

No, it's nothing to worry about. It's a result of the Linux kernel  
complaining that named is using a deprecated (but still working)  
library call.

As Mark Andrews (the go-to guy when it comes to BIND source code  
questions) has already pointed out, the BIND source code is written  
to pick between available socket routines based on kernel header  
definitions, so that the correct routine should be chosen for the  
available kernel; however, the kernel headers still tell the BIND  
source code to use the obsolete routine, which the kernel then  
complains about. Furthermore, it is bad form for the kernel people to  
leave this error message in a release-quality kernel - this type of  
debug message should only be generated on a debug build of the kernel.

Nothing bad comes from any of this at the current time.

In future kernel versions, this obsolete routine may be removed  
entirely; it is reasonable to expect that the kernel folks will  
update the headers by then, so that a version of named compiled for  
that kernel will use an updated routine.

I'm sure if there are any errors in what I've written above, someone  
will correct me. It's all based on my understanding of what Mark  
Andrews posted, plus my personal experience of this error message not  
representing anything to worry about.

Chris Buxton
Men & Mice

On Aug 3, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Paul Amaral wrote:

> I'm getting the same error using centos 4, is this something to  
> worry about
> ?
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> P.A > -----Original Message-----
> P.A > From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users- 
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> P.A > Behalf Of thuraye at gmail.com
> P.A > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:36 AM
> P.A > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> P.A > Subject: Re: Bind Error
> P.A >
> P.A > Dear Mark Andrews and MikeDawg
> P.A >
> P.A >  i will try this night at home with yr instruction
> P.A >
> P.A > Thanks
> P.A > TRY
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> P.A > thuraye at gmail.com wrote:
> P.A > > Dear All
> P.A > >
> P.A > >    I have facing with following problem in Fedora core 5
> P.A > > how can i solve that?
> P.A > > Pls help me
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> P.A > >
> P.A > > `named' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
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> P.A > > Thanks
> P.A > > TRYm
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