Bind 8.4.7-P1 on Solaris 8

[Barry Margolin]

In article <fhkcro$1nh8$1 at sf1.isc.org>, gagadget at free.fr wrote:

> It is quite hard to migrate a whole BIND 8 DNS architecture to BIND 9,
> everything has to be re-checked.

You've had 7 years to do this migration.  You didn't have to wait until 
ISC stopped supporting it.

> 
> Moreover I don't see the point to publish a P1 patch if it does not compile on
> OS supported by BIND 8.

I'll bet it compiles on many OSes supported by BIND 8.  Just not the 
ancient one you happen to be using.

> 
> Do we to have to buy a Infoblox service to have that patch compiled ?
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Selon Fr34k <freaknetboy at yahoo.com>:
> 
> > BIND 8 is EOL according to www.isc.org
> > Even Solaris8 is a decade old.
> >
> > I mention this as a reason for why you may not get a response from this list
> > to your question.
> >
> > I can tell you that Bind9.4.1-P1 works just fine on Solaris8.
> >
> > Why not try the latest/greatest of BIND, at a minimum?
> > This may even solve your issue.
> > Just a suggestion.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "gagadget at free.fr" <gagadget at free.fr>
> > To: bind-users at isc.org
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:53:37 AM
> > Subject: Bind 8.4.7-P1 on Solaris 8
> >
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I was unable to compile 8.4.7-P1 on Solaris 8 using gcc 4
> >
> > Here is what I get :
> >
> > gcc -I../../port/solaris/include -I../../include  -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc -m32
> > -fomit-frame-pointer  -c tmp_version.c
> > gcc -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc -m32 -fomit-frame-pointer  -o named db_dump.o
> > db_load.o db_lookup.o db_save.o db_update.o db_glue.o db_ixfr.o db_sec.o
> > db_tsig.o ns_parser.o ns_lexer.o ns_parseutil.o ns_ctl.o ns_forw.o ns_init.o
> > ns_main.o ns_maint.o ns_req.o ns_resp.o ns_stats.o ns_ncache.o ns_xfr.o
> > ns_glue.o ns_udp.o ns_config.o ns_update.o ns_ixfr.o ns_signal.o ns_sort.o
> > ns_notify.o \
> >         tmp_version.o ../../lib/libbind.a -lmd5 -ll -lrt -lnsl -lsocket
> > Undefined                      first referenced
> > symbol                            in file
> > arc4random                          ns_main.o
> > arc4random_addrandom                ns_main.o
> > ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to named
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > gmake[2]: *** [named] Error 1
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/eclips/users/dnsadm/PKGs/factory/AFbind84/work/build/src/bin/named'
> > gmake[1]: *** [all] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/eclips/users/dnsadm/PKGs/factory/AFbind84/work/build/src/bin'
> > gmake: *** [all] Error 1
> >
> > In the source code, I read :
> >
> > !  *    Note: if you don't have arc4random_addrandom(),
> > !  *          you should upgrade to BIND9.
> >
> > Does that mean I won't be able to compile 8.4.7-P1 on Solaris 8 ?
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> >

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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