new user question about upgrading to 9.2.1

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> But don't I have to change the startup files first, i.e. rc,
> /etc/init.d/inetsvc?

	Yes.

> My named.conf is OK by way of named-checkconf.
> 
> Torsten Mueller wrote:
> 
> > Brian O'Gorman schrieb:
> > >
> > > I am running on  a Sun Microsystems UNIX Solaris 2.8, and have the
> > > following result from the in.named -v command
> > >
> > > in.named BIND 8.2.2-P5 Fri Dec 21 05:14:00 PST 2001
> > >         Generic Patch-5.8-December 2001
> > >
> > > I have successfully gunzip and tar the bind-9.2.1.tar.gz
> > >                              ./configure --prefix=PREFIX
> > >                              make
> > >                              make test
> > >
> > > I think I'm ready to to do the make install.
> > >
> > > Now my question is, to do the make install, should I worry or be
> > > concerned about the BIND 8.2.2 running when I try to do it? Should I
> > > kill -9  `cat /var/named/named.pid` before doing the make install?
> >
> > If you configured i.e. with --prefix=/usr/local/bind-9.2.1
> > all your bind stuff is in /usr/local/bind-9.2.1
> >
> > You can make install !
> >
> > Before firing up your new bind, you should stop your old bind,
> > as the new bind tries to bind to port 53 (which isn't possible if
> > the old bind runs)
> > Of course you should modify named.conf first, create the rndc stuff,
> > etc ...
> >
> > Torsten
> 
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