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Date:      Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:07:03 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        Studded@dal.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Compiling BIND 8.1.1 under FreeBSD 2.1.7
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970722180138.1178A-100000@acp.qiv.com>
In-Reply-To: <6163.869604541@verdi.nethelp.no>

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I just compiled the isc distribution on 2.1.5 with no errors. The only
change was adding #define BPF_FREEBSD_BUG (or some such). Now -- I haven't
run it yet, so I don't know if it's good. But it didn't die during the
compile. The AF_INET6 may nail me to the wall.

-- Jay

On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:

->> >I am running into a brick wall trying to compile BIND 8.1.1 under FreeBSD.
->> >Make clean and make depend die with a syntax error:
->...
->> 	If your objective is truly to change to BIND 8, then upgrading
->> FreeBSD is the only option.  If you want a secure DNS, then I am fairly
->> sure that BIND 4.9.6 should build on a FreeBSD 2.1.x system, so you might
->> consider that as an interim step.
->
->No, upgrading is not the *only* option, even if it is definitely the
->I would recommend. You can certainly get BIND 8.1.1 to compile on
->FreeBSD 2.1.7. See below.
->
->Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
->----------------------------------------------------------------------
->To: bind-bugs@isc.org
->Subject: Fixes for bind-8.1.1-T1A on FreeBSD-2.1.7.1 (and earlier)
->From: sthaug@nethelp.no
->Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 15:38:53 +0200
->
->bind-8.1.1-T1A doesn't compile "out of the box" on FreeBSD-2.1.7.1 and
->earlier. This is partly my fault - when I did the original FreeBSD port,
->I didn't have any 2.1.7.1 system to test on (only 2.2 and newer).
->
->I still don't have a 2.1.7.1 system, but I've compiled 8.1.1-T1A on a
->2.2 system, but in a 2.1.7.1 *changerooted* environment (ie. 2.1.7.1
->include files, compilers etc).
->
->There's only one real problem: The following line from port/settings
->tickles a bug in the 2.1.7.1 sh:
->
->	eval "env=`echo \\${\$var-'$val'}`"
->
->and you get the error message:
->
->	port/settings: 1: Syntax error: Bad substitution
->
->The enclosed diff fixes this for FreeBSD 2.1.7.1. The resulting named
->runs fine on FreeBSD 2.2.
->
->I've also verified that the same .settings file (as the original) is
->produced on these platforms:
->
->	SunOS 4.1.3/gcc
->	Solaris 2.5.1/gcc
->	Digital Unix 3.2G/cc
->	HP-UX 10.20/cc
->
->when doing an "out of the box" compile (make clean; make depend; make).
->Note that I've only verified that .settings is equal - I haven't tried
->running 8.1.1-T1A named on all these platforms.
->
->One other change suggested for FreeBSD-2.1.7.1 and earlier: AF_INET6
->is undefined in 2.1.7.1 and earlier, and defined to be 28 in 2.2 and
->newer (/usr/include/sys/socket.h). port/freebsd/include/port_after.h
->currently defines AF_INET6 as 24 (if undefined). I'd suggest changing
->this to 28, to be compatible with newer versions of FreeBSD.
->
->Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
->----------------------------------------------------------------------
->*** settings.orig	Tue Dec 17 22:49:17 1996
->--- settings	Sun May 25 14:16:51 1997
->***************
->*** 22,28 ****
->  while read setting; do
->  	var=`expr "$setting" : "'\([A-Z0-9_]*\)="`
->  	val=`expr "$setting" : "'[A-Z0-9_]*=\([^']*\)'\$"`
->! 	eval "env=`echo \\${\$var-'$val'}`"
->  	result="$result '$var=$env'"
->  done
->  
->--- 22,29 ----
->  while read setting; do
->  	var=`expr "$setting" : "'\([A-Z0-9_]*\)="`
->  	val=`expr "$setting" : "'[A-Z0-9_]*=\([^']*\)'\$"`
->! 	rhs="\${""$var""-\$val}"
->! 	eval "env=$rhs"
->  	result="$result '$var=$env'"
->  done
->  
->*** port_after.h.orig	Fri Apr 25 20:12:50 1997
->--- port_after.h	Sun May 25 15:15:47 1997
->***************
->*** 31,35 ****
->   * derived systems for which AF_INET6 is defined.
->   */
->  #ifndef AF_INET6
->! #define AF_INET6	24
->  #endif
->--- 31,35 ----
->   * derived systems for which AF_INET6 is defined.
->   */
->  #ifndef AF_INET6
->! #define AF_INET6	28
->  #endif
->




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