SUMMARY BIND4.8.3 on OS4.1.2

From: storm@geog.utah.edu
Date: Sun Sep 13 1992 - 22:14:31 CDT


SUMMARY for :-)

Message-Id: <9209082218.AA01927@geog.utah.edu>
Subject: Bind4.8.3 on OS 4.1.2
From: storm@geog.utah.edu
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 16:18:26 MDT

Original Posting was (in part)
{
Does anyone have a good cook book "how to" for compiling
Bind4.8.3 on SunOS4.1.2, using the shared libraries ?? I have
been trying on my own from the Bind4.8.3README - I wont even
begin to expound upon that pleasure!!!!
}

The major gotcha that caused some of my initial grief was quickly pointed
out by jdavis@noao.edu (Jim Davis), the fix being to add to the end
of every line in the /usr/lib/shlib.etc/Makefile that starts with 'ld',
'-ldl'

Now for some more information to those who want it. There seems, from
the return postings, to be two starting source-hacks to get the
BIND4.8.3 resolving routines in the shared libs on 4.1.xSunOS. The
one I chose to use was 'bindon41.shar.Z' by Dave Curry <davy@itstd.sri.com>
which provides (from the read me)
         {
        - Instructions for creating a SunOS 4.1 shared library which uses
          the BIND resolver routines in place of the YP/NIS gethostby*()
          routines. (This file.)
        - Patches to the BIND 4.8.3 resolver routines which enable you to
          place them in a SunOS 4.1 shared library. (resolver.patches)
        - Patches to the named Makefile and named-xfer.c to enable you to
          compile them under SunOS 4.1. (named.patches)
        - Patches to the nslookup Makefile to enable you to compile it
          under SunOS 4.1. (nslookup.patches)
         }
Outside of a couple compile errors dealing with illegal pointers in
ns_main.c and the patched version of named-xfer.c which I have not
tracked down yet ... and that the BIND4.8.3 named/Makefile has
changed since the diff patchs where created - I can attest to the fact
that this way works (so far!).

The second source-hack is resolv+ orginally from Bill Wisner
<wisner@ims.alaska.edu> and seems to be well worth a look. If
I were to do it again I would prob. go this way - and may still!

A complete conglomeration of returned postings is avaible through
anonymous ftp at geog.utah.edu /pub/BIND483-SunOS412.Z for anyone
who wants to sift through them for more information. Included in
this is also a shell script sent by cisneros@vishnu.glg.nau.edu that
also promises to offer a clean run at getting this done.
 
Thanks goes to:-)
jdavis@noao.edu (Jim Davis) -> '-ldl' & bindon41.shar.Z
Piete.Brooks@cl.cam.ac.uk -> just use 4.1.1 compiled binaries
Thomas.Weihrich@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de
                            -> pointer to a patch for SunOS
don@mars.dgrc.doc.ca -> pointer to resolv+
mann@emma.la.asu.edu -> past posting about resolv+
mattson@cs.UCSD.EDU (Jim Mattson)
                            -> pointer to bindon41.shar.Z
ecisnero@natasha.wr.usgs.gov
                            -> usefull shellscript & lots of info

Hope I didn't leave anyone out! and thanks to all!

Storm <storm@geog.utah.edu>



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