Hello, it seems that static build on lastest master branch (e085a5fc5ec78763c3532bea1085b1535ec53655) is broken. Console output follows: $ ./configure --disable-backtrace --disable-symtable --enable-full-report --disable-shared --enable-static --without-lmdb --without-zlib --without-gssapi --without-libxml2 --without-dlopen $ make if [ X"" = X -o X"${MAKE_SYMTABLE:-}" = X ] ; then gcc -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git -I../.. -I./include -I./unix/include -I. -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/lwres/include -I../../lib/lwres/unix/include -I../../lib/lwres/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/dns/include -I../../lib/dns/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/bind9/include -I../../lib/bind9/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccfg/include -I../../lib/isccfg/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccc/include -I../../lib/isccc/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc -I../../lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../lib/isc/pthreads/include -I../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -D_REENTRANT -DOPENSSL -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -o named ${BASEOBJS} ${LIBS0} ../../lib/lwres/liblwres.a ../../lib/dns/libdns.a -lcrypto ../../lib/bind9/libbind9.a ../../lib/isccfg/libisccfg.a ../../lib/isccc/libisccc.a ../../lib/isc/libisc.a -lpthread ; else rm -f namedtmp0; gcc -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git -I../.. -I./include -I./unix/include -I. -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/lwres/include -I../../lib/lwres/unix/include -I../../lib/lwres/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/dns/include -I../../lib/dns/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/bind9/include -I../../lib/bind9/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccfg/include -I../../lib/isccfg/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccc/include -I../../lib/isccc/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc -I../../lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../lib/isc/pthreads/include -I../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -D_REENTRANT -DOPENSSL -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -o namedtmp0 ${BASEOBJS} ${LIBS0} ../../lib/lwres/liblwres.a ../../lib/dns/libdns.a -lcrypto ../../lib/bind9/libbind9.a ../../lib/isccfg/libisccfg.a ../../lib/isccc/libisccc.a ../../lib/isc/libisc.a -lpthread || exit 1; rm -f named-symtbl.c named-symtbl.o; ../../util/mksymtbl.pl -o named-symtbl.c namedtmp0 || exit 1; make named-symtbl.o || exit 1; rm -f namedtmp1; gcc -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git -I../.. -I./include -I./unix/include -I. -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/lwres/include -I../../lib/lwres/unix/include -I../../lib/lwres/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/dns/include -I../../lib/dns/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/bind9/include -I../../lib/bind9/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccfg/include -I../../lib/isccfg/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccc/include -I../../lib/isccc/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc -I../../lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../lib/isc/pthreads/include -I../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -D_REENTRANT -DOPENSSL -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -o namedtmp1 ${BASEOBJS} named-symtbl.o ${LIBS0} ../../lib/lwres/liblwres.a ../../lib/dns/libdns.a -lcrypto ../../lib/bind9/libbind9.a ../../lib/isccfg/libisccfg.a ../../lib/isccc/libisccc.a ../../lib/isc/libisc-nosymtbl.a -lpthread || exit 1; rm -f named-symtbl.c named-symtbl.o; ../../util/mksymtbl.pl -o named-symtbl.c namedtmp1 || exit 1; make named-symtbl.o || exit 1; gcc -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git -I../.. -I./include -I./unix/include -I. -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/lwres/include -I../../lib/lwres/unix/include -I../../lib/lwres/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/dns/include -I../../lib/dns/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/bind9/include -I../../lib/bind9/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccfg/include -I../../lib/isccfg/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccc/include -I../../lib/isccc/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc -I../../lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../lib/isc/pthreads/include -I../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -D_REENTRANT -DOPENSSL -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -o namedtmp2 ${BASEOBJS} named-symtbl.o ${LIBS0} ../../lib/lwres/liblwres.a ../../lib/dns/libdns.a -lcrypto ../../lib/bind9/libbind9.a ../../lib/isccfg/libisccfg.a ../../lib/isccc/libisccc.a ../../lib/isc/libisc-nosymtbl.a -lpthread ; ../../util/mksymtbl.pl -o named-symtbl2.c namedtmp2; count=0; until diff named-symtbl.c named-symtbl2.c > /dev/null ; do count=`expr $count + 1` ; test $count = 42 && exit 1 ; rm -f named-symtbl.c named-symtbl.o; ../../util/mksymtbl.pl -o named-symtbl.c namedtmp2 || exit 1; make named-symtbl.o || exit 1; gcc -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git -I../.. -I./include -I./unix/include -I. -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/lwres/include -I../../lib/lwres/unix/include -I../../lib/lwres/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/dns/include -I../../lib/dns/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/bind9/include -I../../lib/bind9/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccfg/include -I../../lib/isccfg/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isccc/include -I../../lib/isccc/include -I/home/pspacek/pkg/bind/git/lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc -I../../lib/isc/include -I../../lib/isc/unix/include -I../../lib/isc/pthreads/include -I../../lib/isc/x86_32/include -D_REENTRANT -DOPENSSL -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -W -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -o namedtmp2 ${BASEOBJS} named-symtbl.o ${LIBS0} ../../lib/lwres/liblwres.a ../../lib/dns/libdns.a -lcrypto ../../lib/bind9/libbind9.a ../../lib/isccfg/libisccfg.a ../../lib/isccc/libisccc.a ../../lib/isc/libisc-nosymtbl.a -lpthread ; ../../util/mksymtbl.pl -o named-symtbl2.c namedtmp2; done ; mv namedtmp2 named; rm -f namedtmp0 namedtmp1 namedtmp2 named-symtbl2.c; fi /bin/ld: ../../lib/dns/libdns.a(dyndb.o): undefined reference to symbol 'dlclose@@GLIBC_2.2.5' /usr/lib64/libdl.so.2: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status Makefile:534: recipe for target 'named' failed BTW option --disable-shared requires explicit --without-dlopen otherwise the build fails on libtool ("unable to create dynamic library"). I hope it helps. Let me know if you need further details. -- Petr Špaček @ CZ.NIC