8.2.3 BIND compile problems

Sung il Kim clicky at netpia.com
Fri Feb 23 18:34:00 UTC 2001


Calm down. :-)

You must remove .settings in source root directory before installation.

You can find this in README file.


        Sung il Kim
        Netpia.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee, Elizabeth" <Elizabeth.Lee.contractor at fnmoc.navy.mil>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 1:53 AM
Subject: 8.2.3 BIND compile problems


> 
> I am following the INSTALL instructions for BIND 8.2.3, trying to compile on
> a Solaris 2.6 box.  Since I do not want to install into /usr/local, I have
> modified the Makefile.set.sun to the location I wish to use (/opt/bind), and
> moved it to Makefile.set.  The first four steps go swimmingly, but on the
> make install, ALL the path names are HARD-CODED in the makefiles, and the
> variables I have defined are not used!  
> Why is this different than the instructions?  I am not a veteran at
> compiling -- I have been the happy installer of many shrink-wrapped boxes of
> software packages at mega-corporations and have little experience with make
> and its mysteries.  It appears that ALL of the makefiles in the install step
> do indeed have /usr/local hardcoded into the process!  I have tried using
> the "-e" with the make install to try to force it to recognize my preset
> variables to no avail.  I am annoyed the instructions are not correct, I am
> annoyed that the PATH name is hardcoded, and I am REALLY annoyed that I must
> modify EVERY makefile in the make install step.  Any way around this?
> 
> 
> (Elizabeth) Annette Lee
> FNMOC 
> Monterey California
> 
> 
> 


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