Re: [ISC-Bugs #16157]

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Wow.  Thanks for this bug report.  But before I apply the suggested
> patch below, I'd like a reality check first.  SunOS 4.1.4 was released
> 1994 according to the Unix timeline.  According to [1], the end of
> service life date of Solaris 1.1.2 has been three years ago, that of
> 4.1.1 six years ago.
>
> Does anybody actually use these systems outside of a museum?  Does a
> recent Autoconf produce usable configure scripts for these hosts?

There are systems out there which perform a dedicated critical 
function and are able to do it as long as the supporting computer does 
not turn into dust.  Such is the life of a DNS name server. :-)

Bob
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