bind 9.4.1, solaris 10, gcc

[jm]

Hi Rick,

I've got 9.4.x running on Solaris 10 (Sparc), compiled with gcc and SSL
and have had no issues.

9.5.0a5 is also running fine on a non-production Solaris 10 sparc box.

Regards,

Jason

Rick Pim wrote:
> there's long been a sentence in the bind 9 README that says:
>
>      Building with gcc is not supported, unless gcc is the vendor's usual
>      compiler (e.g. the various BSD systems, Linux).
>
> and so i've used the sun cc for all of my builds. i'm looking
> to upgrade my nameserver hardware this summer (it's kinda old)
> and i've started tinkering with solaris 10 on a new sun v215
> unit.
>
> now, a fresh install of solaris 10 includes gcc (3.4.3). 
> this prompts some questions:
>  - since solaris now ships with gcc, does this signal a change
>    in the above policy?
>  - i've done a quick compile (no SSL) with the above compiler
>    and after an hour's running it seems to work. has anyone else
>    tried this?
>
> rp
>
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