djbdns doesn’t even compile in 2026

[samboy]

Just a heads up with today’s modern C23 compilers, djbdns doesn’t even compile here in 2026. Since this hasn’t been updated for six years, maybe it’s time to update it:

• Take the djbdns code (and all services/libraries djbdns uses) and make it compile again with a modern C23 compiler (the simplest way to do this is to replace “gcc” for ./compile with cc -std=C99 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE)
• Patch djbdns against all known security bugs it has (yes, djbdns has over the last 25 years acquired a few security bugs which need to be patched against)
• Have a version of tinydnssec which can be used in the 2020s and beyond