Ok, this is the last phase of my server-and of course it doesn't work as it should....

Basically, I compiled bind using the following syntax:

./configure make --with-openssl=/usr/local/openssl

It compiled fine, and then I went to install using:

make install

It goes through most of the install then exits after this:

/usr/bin/ar: unix/app.o: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [libisc.a] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/bind/lib/isc'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/bind/lib'
make: *** [install] Error 1

Any ideas?

Are you sure that it compiled ok? Install is looking for lib/isc/unix/app.o and it isn't there. In my bind source tree there is a lib/isc/unix/app.c. Best bet is that there is was an error in that compile. cd to lib/isc/unix and do a make and see if you get a compile error on app.c. If it compiles, try the make install again.

Ok, I checked and there is no app.o in the dir structure...

Is compiling using the syntax I used right? I'm sure I unzipped the tarball fine, but I'm not sure I'm compiling itproperly, becaus e when I run ./configure make I get :
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `make': machine `make' not recognized

So i tried doing just:
./configure --with-openssl=/usr/local/sslserver/openssl/

and still get the same thing, just no make error, it still fails at the same time with app.o

no errors on the compile either....

The configure command should go before the make command, just do "./configure <options here>", then "make".

I did a ./configure --with-openssl=/usr/local/bin/sslserver/openssl make

and still got the:

loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `make': machine `make' not recognized

Urgh, what's the deal? Why is the app.o not going to the dir? I am compiling acording to the README, but still no success. I've also tried compiling without SSL, and still no luck!

Ok, I got it to work!

All I did was take of the 'install' after make, and it appears to work just fine....

Now the problem becomes how to invoke it?

Thanks for all of the help, it's much appreciated.

The problem you had is due to the order you did things. The "typical" order is:

./configure
make depend
make all (or just make)
make install

The reason I say "typical" is that this sequence will always do things in the righr order. Ideally, the make install would force the make depend, make all, and then install. Some Makefile structures do, others do not. Out of curiosity, I pulled down the latest bind source tarball and did a ./configure and make install. I got exactly the same error you did; no app.o. I looked in the tree and the .o files for the unix directory and nsl directory were in the isc dirctory. In this particular case, the dependencies in the Makefiles for the install tag for libisc.a are wrong. I ran the typical sequence above and it all worked.

By the way, the error you had running configure was the command "./configure make --whatever" is wrong. ./configure and make are two separate commands; ./configure mistook the word make for the system host type (./configure --help). Read that error line with Solaris or Windows in place of make and it makes a little more sense.

later

Ok, now it makes much more sense.....I especially thank you for clearing that up, and for all of the help you've provided. I've learned a lot, but still have a ton more to go. The more and more I work at it, the more I appreciate penguins =)