Development version of BIND 9 - 9.21.10 with meson build system

[Stacey Marshall]

On 18 Aug 2025, at 14:24, Ondřej Surý wrote:

> Hi Stacey,
>
> I am not sure if I fully understand your question, but I'll try to answer...
>> On 18. 8. 2025, at 15:17, Stacey Marshall <stacey.marshall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> For production does the cmocka option need to be disabled, -Dcmocka=disabled?
>> A cursory look suggests it is only used within the test code.
>> I note that README.md suggests the option needs to be enabled to run the tests, so want to clarify;
>> Perhaps it's this way for the development version (odd number).
>
> cmocka is a test harness for running unit tests. Hence, it is only used in the unit tests
> (that's also true for 9.18 and 9.20). As for the production - that doesn't really matter
> as libcmocka is not linked to any of the product binaries, just the unit tests.

Thanks, that has answered my question and clarified the situation for me.
Much appreciated.

Stace


Mr. Stacey Marshall - Principal Software Engineer
Oracle Global Services Limited