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3.8 KiB
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126 lines
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Introduction
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ISC's libbind provides the standard resolver library,
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along with header files and documentation, for communicating
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with domain name servers, retrieving network host entries
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from /etc/hosts or via DNS, converting CIDR network addresses,
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perform Hesiod information lookups, retrieve network entries
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from /etc/networks, implement TSIG transaction/request
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security of DNS messages, perform name-to-address and
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address-to-name translations, utilize /etc/resolv.conf
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for resolver configuration.
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It contains many of the same historical functions and headers
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included with many Unix operating systems.
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Originally written for BIND 8, it was included in BIND 9 as
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optionally-compiled code through release 9.5. It has been
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removed from subsequent releases of BIND 9 and is now
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provided as a separate package.
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Building
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The libbind library requires a system with an ANSI C compiler
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and basic POSIX support.
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To build, just
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./configure
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make
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Several environment variables that can be set before running
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configure will affect compilation:
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CC
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The C compiler to use. configure tries to figure
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out the right one for supported systems.
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CFLAGS
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C compiler flags. Defaults to include -g and/or -O2
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as supported by the compiler.
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STD_CINCLUDES
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System header file directories. Can be used to specify
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where add-on thread or IPv6 support is, for example.
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Defaults to empty string.
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STD_CDEFINES
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Any additional preprocessor symbols you want defined.
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Defaults to empty string.
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Possible settings:
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Change the default syslog facility of named/lwresd.
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-DISC_FACILITY=LOG_LOCAL0
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Enable DNSSEC signature chasing support in dig.
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-DDIG_SIGCHASE=1 (sets -DDIG_SIGCHASE_TD=1 and
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-DDIG_SIGCHASE_BU=1)
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Disable dropping queries from particular well known ports.
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-DNS_CLIENT_DROPPORT=0
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Sibling glue checking in named-checkzone is enabled by default.
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To disable the default check set. -DCHECK_SIBLING=0
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named-checkzone checks out-of-zone addresses by default.
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To disable this default set. -DCHECK_LOCAL=0
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Enable workaround for Solaris kernel bug about /dev/poll
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-DISC_SOCKET_USE_POLLWATCH=1
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The watch timeout is also configurable, e.g.,
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-DISC_SOCKET_POLLWATCH_TIMEOUT=20
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LDFLAGS
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Linker flags. Defaults to empty string.
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The following need to be set when cross compiling.
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BUILD_CC
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The native C compiler.
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BUILD_CFLAGS (optional)
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BUILD_CPPFLAGS (optional)
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Possible Settings:
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-DNEED_OPTARG=1 (optarg is not declared in <unistd.h>)
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BUILD_LDFLAGS (optional)
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BUILD_LIBS (optional)
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"make install" will install the library. By default, installation
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is into /usr/local, but this can be changed with the "--prefix"
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option when running "configure".
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To see additional configure options, run "configure --help".
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If you need to re-run configure please run "make distclean" first.
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This will ensure that all the option changes take.
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Notes on Usage
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- Installing both libbind and BIND 9 on the same system
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will produce two incompatible header files with similar
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names: $PREFIX/include/isc/list.h (from BIND 9) and
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$PREFIX/include/bind/isc/list.h (from libbind). When
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compiling code against libbind, be sure to set -I flags
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appropriately.
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Documentation
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Man pages for libbind routines, in *roff and plaintext format,
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are included with the release.
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Bug Reports and Mailing Lists
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Bugs reports should be sent to
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libbind-bugs@isc.org
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Discussions of libbind can be send to the BIND Users mailing
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list. To subscribe, send mail to:
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bind-users-subscribe@isc.org
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Archives of that list can be found at:
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https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/
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If you're planning on making changes to the libbind source
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code, you might want to join the BIND Workers mailing list.
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To subscribe, send mail to:
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bind-workers-subscribe@isc.org
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