2698. [cleanup] configure --enable-libbind is deprecated. [RT #20090]

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c27b963bda9f3d9d8ad0870995d9a527b3b6af63..3d841874abc377e095fab68f9fb279629984037f 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2698.   [cleanup]       configure --enable-libbind is deprecated. [RT #20090]
+
 2697.  [port]          win32: ensure that S_IFMT, S_IFDIR, S_IFCHR and
                        S_IFREG are defined after including <isc/stat.h>.
                        [RT #20309]

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2205117f1cf24b3cf0bdadbfff492969968d11a5..ebb6169dd0c82fdc7d0ea1cb38c2c08e1880c1a9 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,11 +18,34 @@ AC_DIVERT_PUSH(1)dnl
 esyscmd([sed "s/^/# /" COPYRIGHT])dnl
 AC_DIVERT_POP()dnl
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.355.18.96 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.355.18.97 $)
 
 AC_INIT(lib/dns/name.c)
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
+#
+# build libbind?
+#
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(libbind,
+       [  --enable-libbind        build libbind (deprecated) [[default=no]]])
+
+
+case "$enable_libbind" in
+       yes)
+               AC_MSG_WARN([The version of libbind included with BIND 9.4
+is no longer maintained.  While '--enable-libbind' will still compile
+and may work, we are no longer supporting it within the BIND
+framework.  Anyone planning to use libbind should download
+and use the separate libbind package.  Please see
+https://www.isc.org/software/libbind for details.
+])
+               LIBBIND=lib/bind
+               AC_SUBST(LIBBIND)
+               ;;
+       no|'')
+               ;;
+esac
+
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(lib/bind)
 
@@ -1104,22 +1127,6 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_MODE_LINK)
 AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_ALLOW_UNDEFINED)
 AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_IN_MAIN)
 
-#
-# build libbind?
-#
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(libbind,
-       [  --enable-libbind             build libbind [default=no]])
-
-case "$enable_libbind" in
-       yes)
-               LIBBIND=lib/bind
-               AC_SUBST(LIBBIND)
-               ;;
-       no|'')
-               ;;
-esac
-
-
 #
 # Here begins a very long section to determine the system's networking
 # capabilities.  The order of the tests is significant.