Bind 9.0.0 on Windows platforms..

Danny Mayer mayer at gis.net
Sat Sep 23 02:46:38 UTC 2000


	The sources are available from:


http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/

	If you are looking for my fixes, then you will need to wait until I can
roll in some 
  of the other changes that I have received.

			Danny

At 09:42 AM 9/22/00 +0200, Hans K. Rosbach wrote:
>
>Would you mind sharing the source of 8.2.3?  I have som probs with
>bind locking up, and grabbing 100% cpu after a few hours, maybe that
>version will solve it.. (the one i'm running is 8.2.2-P5)
>
>Any patch or never source would be great..  as long as i can compile it,
>as i'm not great with even reading C code yet..
>
>-HK
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Danny Mayer" <mayer at gis.net>
>>
>> Bind9 is a total rewrite, so it's not for the faint of heart.  You are
>> basically
>>   starting from scratch, though a lot of the 8.2.x winnt code can be used
>> for reference
>>   in solving problems.
>>
>> Bind8.2.3 was more a matter of making minor fixes to the winnt piece which
>>   had not been changed since the 8.2.2-P5.  Even that was somewhat
>painful.
>>  However
>>   it worked for me and I have it up and running.  Of course it doesn't
>look
>> like it's going
>>   to get released.
>>
>> Danny
>>
>> At 08:55 PM 9/21/00 -0400, Gary Wardell wrote:
>> >
>> >Hi Len,
>> >
>> >I might be interested in doing a port, but since there isn't any
>> >compensation for it it would have to be in my spare time, which for that
>> >last 2 or 3 months has been rather scarce.
>> >
>> >Do past ports involve making extensive changes to the code or is it
>mostly a
>> >matter of just recompiling and patching occasional syntax errors due to
>> >compiler differences?
>> >
>> >Gary
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
>> >> Behalf Of Len Conrad
>> >> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 4:12 PM
>> >> To: bind-users at isc.org
>> >> Subject: Re: Bind 9.0.0 on Windows platforms..
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > > 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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