[PLUG] Trouble trying to compile bind 8.4...

[Ian Burrell]

Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> 
> Need to install flex.  Is there a way to know this other than
> looking it up in a book that says it's a compile tool?
> The authors of bind need to provide a requirements file 
> big time...  Just out of curiosity, is djbdns bind 8.4 
> compatible?  I'm wondering if I can try to install both
> and migrate.  How different are the configuration files?
> How do you chroot djbdns?
> 

Is there a particular reason you are compiling nslookup?  It is included 
in the bind-utils package; the server is in bind.

djbdns is incompatible with BIND.  Not only is the config file 
different, it doesn't read the zone files.

  - Ian

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