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Porting BIND 8 to Another System
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Make sure to base your port on an existing one. If your port is
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for a new release of an already supported operating system, please
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try to make the existing port support the new release instead of
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making a new port directory. For an example of how to do this,
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look at how the Solaris port uses os_version.h in port_after.h. See
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port/solaris/include/Makefile and port/solaris/bin/make_os_version
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to learn how an os_version.h is made.
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Porting problems fall into broad categories which have simple answers:
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Include File Missing or Broken
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Make one (possibly empty) in port/*/include or in
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port/*/include/sys. Broken include files can be fixed; see
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the BSD/OS and ULTRIX ports for examples of how to do this.
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Library Function Missing:
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Make one (possibly copying it from some other port and hacking)
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and cause it to appear in port/libport.a by virtue of building
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it in port/*/Makefile. An example is the __ansi_realloc()
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routine in the SunOS port.
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Desired system feature absent or not prototyped or whatever:
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Edit port/*/include/port_{before,after}.h. read a few source
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files in lib/ or bin/ to see when/why these are #included.
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"Make" doesn't work even though my system has a port/* subdir:
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Type "uname -s -r" at your shell and see if the resulting
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string is present in your system's putative port/*/probe
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file. If not, try adding it. If it works, send mail to
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bind-bugs@isc.org.
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My system doesn't have enough of ANSI and POSIX to allow a port:
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Give up. Get a different system.
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Porting mistakes also fall into broad categories with simple answers:
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I Can't Get It To Build Without Compiler (Not Linker!) Warnings:
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Keep trying, you're not done yet.
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I Need To Add Another Portability #define And Some #ifdef's:
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Make sure it won't hurt any other port. Send us some mail.
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I Just Have To Edit A Source File To Get It To Compile:
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You are probably missing one of the above opportunities to do
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the right thing and you should rethink your approach and get
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some advice before you send in your port. But it's possible
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that a non-UNIX system will need a different porting layer,
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especially in isc/eventlib.c and its friends, so contact us
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if you're stuck on this point, there may be something we can
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do. Send mail to bind-bugs@isc.org.
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My Employer Won't Allow Me To Send In Porting Diffs:
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You probably need a new employer. But try really hard, OK?
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