Bind 9.0.0 on Windows platforms..

Gary Wardell gwardell at gwsystems.co.il
Fri Sep 22 04:40:51 UTC 2000


Well, since your already working on it and it sounds like you have more time
than I do; have at it.

Gary


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> Behalf Of Danny Mayer
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:00 AM
> To: Len Conrad; bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: Bind 9.0.0 on Windows platforms..
>
>
>
> 		I'd be willing to undertake this, in my own
> time of course.  I've done
> plenty
>   of ports to various different O/S's.  Several weeks ago I build BIND
> 8.2.2-P5
>   along with nslookup.  Then I noticed that 8.2.3-T6B was
> available and
> build that
>   last week, along with building nslookup.  It took a little
> more work.  I
> did try and
>   build dig, but I ran into problems with a fork (naturally),
> and wait.  I
> wanted to submit
>   my fixes, but I haven't been able to figure out who to send
> them to. Also
> I found
>   out that there were at least two missing files from the
> winnt specific
> BINDInstall
>   program so I wasn't able to build that piece. Since 9.0.0
> has now been
> released,
>   I have pulled the latest sources.  Larry from Nortel hasn't
> responded to
> my mail
>   yet, so he may be on vacation.  I did join the bind9-workers mailing
> list, but I
>   haven't seen a single mail message from that list.
>
> 		I need know who to contact to get information
> on the sources and how to
>   update the source pool.  Most porting problems are straight
> forward, but
> take time
>   to figure out.  SInce the work would be done evenings and
> weekends don't
> expect
>   quick results.
>
> 		BTW, since 9.0.0 has been released, does that
> mean that 8.2.3 is now dead?
>   Sorry I didn't see Daves Bounty offer, or I'd be $250 richer.
>
> 					Danny
>
> At 10:12 PM 9/21/00 +0200, Len Conrad wrote:
> >
> >
> >> > David Conrad told me there are no plans (really, no
> Win32 development
> >> > resources at ISC) to port BIND9 to Win32.
> >> > Len
> >>
> >>You can't be serious...
> >
> >but I am.
> >
> >>9.0.0 has fixed many win32 bugs (says so in the
> >>changes file), and is supposed to make porting easier...!
> >
> >Have you noticed that ISC has not been able to muster the
> resoures to
> >fix the bugs in the NT port of 8.2.2 p5 over the last 5 or 6 months?
> >
> >Did you see David Conrad's bounty of $250 a couple of months ago for
> >anyone who could fix the bugs in 8.2.2 p5 NT port?
> >
> >Have you noticed that 8.2.3 or 9 is not available for NT or W2K ?
> >
> >It was only last week that Nortel Networks contributed the fixes of
> >the NT 8.2.2p5 Multiple-A record bug.
> >
> >There may be a BIND9 port to Win32, but from what I hear from David,
> >ISC won't be doing it, for lack of Win32 resources.
> >
> >Any takers?  And do a port of dig at the same time.
> >
> >Len
> >
>
>




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