Compiling BIND 9

BIND 9 is both harder and easier to compile than BIND 8. It's harder because it requires an ANSI C compiler (and not all UNIX versions come with one). BIND 9 also uses threads, as implemented with pthreads, and supports IPv6. The quality of the OS thread libraries can vary, and I would expect a shakedown phase both in BIND 9 and the OSs concerned. On the other hand BIND 9 is easier to compile because it is GNU-autoconfigurable. Therefore, if it has already been ported and tested on your OS, everything should be as easy to get working as GNU software usually is. BIND 9.0.0tr5 is reported to build on a number of platforms, as found in the README file:

  • AIX 4.3

  • COMPAQ Tru64 UNIX 4.0D

  • COMPAQ Tru64 UNIX 5 (with IPv6 EAK)

  • FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE ...

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