Workaround Solaris's kernel bug

[Stacey Jonathan Marshall]

Thomas Schulz wrote:
> Change 2489 says to define ISC_SOCKET_USE_POLLWATCH to workaround a
> Solaris kernel bug about /dev/poll.  How do I know if I should define
> this?  Should I just assume that if I am running Sloaris 8 then I need
> to define ISC_SOCKET_USE_POLLWATCH?  Is there any down side to defining
> this if it is not needed?
>
> Tom Schulz
> Applied Dynamics Intl.
> schulz at adi.com
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Tom,

This is CR 6724237 
<http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6724237> Which was first 
introduced in Solaris 8.  At this time there is no patch for Solaris 8, 
9 or 10 and therefore "ISC_SOCKET_USE_POLLWATCH" should be defined when 
building BIND 9 for those systems.

Stacey Marshall
Sun Microsystems Ltd.