[rbldnsd] v0.996 installation and other errors

[Dhawal Doshy]

Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Dhawal Doshy wrote:
>> Hello List,
>>
>> My first post to this list.. i have been using rbldnsd for a few years
>> for dsbl, surbl blah blah.. A recent announcement from Jeff (SURBL)
>> prompted me to try an upgrade to 0.996. However am facing a couple of
>> issues.
>>
>> a. ./configure problem on 'SunOS rbl 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc
>> SUNW,Ultra-80' (Solaris 10 on a 420R)
>>
>> bash-3.00# ./configure
>> ../configure: syntax error at line 223: `;' unexpected
> 
> That's a "portability bug" slipped into the configure script - I was too
> used to several "bashisms"..  Try running configure with bash (which you
> already have), like this:
> 
>  bash ./configure

Thanks, that worked well enough. i ought to have realized that when i 
saw no configure.lib in the 0.995 source.

> instead of what you're doing now:
> 
>> bash-3.00# sh -x configure
> 
> I will upload new version in a few days, which will correct those
> issues (already fixed in CVS, quite some time ago).
> 
> Also, configure script in 0.996 will not detect any compiler but
> GCC.  So if you don't have GCC installed, it will complain that
> your compiler does not work at all.  This, too, is fixed in CVS.

I already have and use gcc on most of my solaris servers and will wait 
for the next version..

>> b. A trivial (maybe) 404 error for rbldnsd_0.996.tar.gz.sig
> 
> Um.  Again, next version will be properly signed with my new
> pgp key.  I tried hard to recover my previous key which I lost
> (it really was a sort of (gpg) testing, and I had no backups).
> 
>> Any pointers on how do i take it forward?
> 
> "Fixing" point "a." (with bash and gcc) will allow you to take
> it forward for now.  And as you can see in many places, 0.996
> really works (see http://dsbl.org/nsstatus for example).

Umm i never doubted rbldnsd :-) and have been using it for some years 
now. BTW i owe you a few beers for your effort, if you ever happen to be 
in Bombay (India).

- dhawal

> /mjt