9.9.0rc2 Windows Installer Tools Only Installation Issues

[Danny Mayer]

On 2/4/2012 12:36 PM, Spain, Dr. Jeffry A. wrote:
> The BIND9.9.0rc2.zip Windows installer allows for a “Tools Only”
> installation. With this you can avoid having to enter the service
> account information that will not be needed. However, the only tools you
> get are dig.exe, nslookup.exe, and a couple of others.
> 
>  
> 
> It would be nice to also include dnssec-*.exe and named-*.exe to
> facilitate DNSSEC key management and zone troubleshooting without having
> to do the full named service installation. As it stands, if you want
> these tools but don’t want to run the named service on Windows, you do
> have to do the full service installation. This includes specifying a
> service account name and password, and then unchecking “Automatic
> Startup” and “Start BIND Service After Install.”
> 
>  

You don't need to do an install at all for the binaries if you aren't
going to run named. You might need to run the vcredist_x86.exe to get
the Microsoft redistributable binaries for the compiler but that's all
that is really needed. Running the installer is a waste of time for
this. If it requires the service install just for the tools then that's
a bug.

Danny

> 
> With the 9.9.0 release just around the corner, perhaps this could be
> considered for 9.9.1.
> 
>  
> 
> Jeffry A. Spain
> Network Administrator
> Cincinnati Country Day School
>