problem with bind 9.0.1

[loren jan wilson]

i've compiled bind 9.0.1 on a solaris 7 machine, and when i run it as
"./named -?"
it prints the proper arguments. when i run it as
"./named -c /var/named/named.conf"
it doesn't do anything at all...just quits to the prompt. no core
file. no error messages. nothing.

the named.conf is as sparse as it could get...
options {
        directory "/var/named";
};
zone "." {
        type hint;
        file "named.ca";
};

i also compiled it on my solaris 8 workstation, and got exactly the
same result. what's going on? did i forget something in the compiling
stage? (it was compiled with 
./configure --prefix=/opt/pkgs/bind-9.0.1; make; make install
)

thanks,
loren