On Friday 16 February 2001 06:04, Stefan Troeger wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Feb 16 2001 at 05:49 -0500, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
In the Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual found at: http://www.nominum.com/resources/documentation/ it is state that "ISC BIND 9 compiles and runs on the following operating systems: . . . R??H?? Linux."
Why? Why? Why?!!!!!
Probably because that's the Linux distribution they tested Bind on.
This type of de facto endorsement seems to prejudice the American market toward one particular distribution. As far as I know Bind 9 runs just as well on SuSE Linux. I've raised this issue before, but I really don't know how to address it in an effective way. I'm sure mail bombing the authors with nasty complaints will not do the trick. I do find it frustrating that so many companies release products with statements such as that referenced above.
You can mail them and tell them that Bind compiles and runs fine on SuSE Linux. Perhaps they mention it on http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind9.html under `Additionally, we have unverified reports of success from users of the following systems'.
Ciao, Stefan Stefan,
Your approach does seem appropriate for this instance. I am not the person to write such a message since I have neither compiled it nor tested it to any great extent. Perhaps someone who is using BIND 9 in a "real" production setting could take the time to pen such a message. Steve