Hey all,
this is pre-announcement that the BIND 9.21 build system will be drop the
autoconf/automake build system.
We consider the Python to be ubiquitous nowadays and therefore the Meson build
system was picked for its maintainability, speed and ease of use. Additionally,
Meson is available in all supported Linux distributions, BSDs and it is also
easy to install using pip.
For people using our packages, there will be no change, but if you are building
BIND 9 from source, we invite you to get accustomed with it ahead of the time.
And no worries, there’s plenty of time, as BIND 9.22 will be released sometime
in 2026.
Here is the upstream guide:
https://mesonbuild.com/SimpleStart.html
You can follow the progress in the following merge request:
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/merge_requests/8989
Thanks,
Ondrej
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