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diff --git a/contrib/bind/port/README b/contrib/bind/port/README deleted file mode 100644 index d8dbd10..0000000 --- a/contrib/bind/port/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ - -Porting BIND 8 to Another System - - Make sure to base your port on an existing one. If your port is - for a new release of an already supported operating system, please - try to make the existing port support the new release instead of - making a new port directory. For an example of how to do this, - look at how the Solaris port uses os_version.h in port_after.h. See - port/solaris/include/Makefile and port/solaris/bin/make_os_version - to learn how an os_version.h is made. - - Porting problems fall into broad categories which have simple answers: - - Include File Missing or Broken - - Make one (possibly empty) in port/*/include or in - port/*/include/sys. Broken include files can be fixed; see - the BSD/OS and ULTRIX ports for examples of how to do this. - - Library Function Missing: - - Make one (possibly copying it from some other port and hacking) - and cause it to appear in port/libport.a by virtue of building - it in port/*/Makefile. An example is the __ansi_realloc() - routine in the SunOS port. - - Desired system feature absent or not prototyped or whatever: - - Edit port/*/include/port_{before,after}.h. read a few source - files in lib/ or bin/ to see when/why these are #included. - - "Make" doesn't work even though my system has a port/* subdir: - - Type "uname -s -r" at your shell and see if the resulting - string is present in your system's putative port/*/probe - file. If not, try adding it. If it works, send mail to - bind-bugs@isc.org. - - My system doesn't have enough of ANSI and POSIX to allow a port: - - Give up. Get a different system. - - Porting mistakes also fall into broad categories with simple answers: - - I Can't Get It To Build Without Compiler (Not Linker!) Warnings: - - Keep trying, you're not done yet. - - I Need To Add Another Portability #define And Some #ifdef's: - - Make sure it won't hurt any other port. Send us some mail. - - I Just Have To Edit A Source File To Get It To Compile: - - You are probably missing one of the above opportunities to do - the right thing and you should rethink your approach and get - some advice before you send in your port. But it's possible - that a non-UNIX system will need a different porting layer, - especially in isc/eventlib.c and its friends, so contact us - if you're stuck on this point, there may be something we can - do. Send mail to bind-bugs@isc.org. - - My Employer Won't Allow Me To Send In Porting Diffs: - - You probably need a new employer. But try really hard, OK? - |