In message <ea69c0c365b94b278678abd366e41...@internal.corp.ds>, "ic.nssip" writ es: > Hello everyone, > > When running "make test" on a BIND 9.7.0 installed on a x86 SUN Solaris = > 10 machine, I've got this message: > > I:NOTE: Many of the tests were skipped because they require that > I: the IP addresses 10.53.0.1 through 10.53.0.5 are configured > I: as alias addresses on the loopback interface. Please run > I: "bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh up" as root to configure them > I: and rerun the tests. > > Is this alias request just for test purpose, or it affects the = > functionality and the performance of DNS Server as well after it goes = > live?
They are just test addresses. The comment is also out of date. 10.53.0.1 through 10.53.0.7 are now used. > It was the first time I saw this message when installing a BIND DNS = > Server from source file, and we never used these aliases on any of our = > machines before. Also, I couldn't find many references on google search = > for loopback alias addresses 10.53.0.1 through 10.53.0.5. > > Thank you for any insight! > Julian -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
