[Fwd: cvs commit: ports/dns/bind9 Makefile distinfo ports/dns/bind94 Makefile distinfo ports/dns/bind95 Makefile distinfo]

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Stef wrote:

S> Thanks!
S> 
S> Here are simple steps to use this instead of the base named (and easily
S> go back later):
S> 
S> # cd /usr/ports/dns/bind9
S> # make && make install
S> # ln -s /etc/namedb/named.conf /usr/local/etc/named.conf
S> # echo 'named_program="/usr/local/sbin/named" >> /etc/rc.conf
S> # /etc/rc.d/named restart
S> 
S> LMK if I missed something.

(or use NO_BIND= in /etc/make.conf and WITH_REPLACE_BASE= on port options, but 
be careful when upgrading configs...)

Just to have you and other related parties informed of a pitfall I stepped 
into:

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From: BIND9 Bugs via RT <bind9-bugs at isc.org>
Subject: [ISC-Bugs #18265] AutoReply: bind update to 9.4.2.1: 'empty label' inconsistent check 

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Dear Doug and ISC maintainers,

just updated bind94 on our master server and found that together with 
vulnerability fixes there is at least one glitch in configuration checks

History: we have automatic scripted system to secondary some zones from one of 
our partners. so, part of named.conf is auto-generated, then checked via 
named-checkconf and then applied.

After today upgrade I found that new server failed to start, which is really a 
PITA, as it has 13k+ authoritative zones. Named-checkconf does not return an 
error. named reports 'empty label' without any reference to config file and/or 
line number. After some nervous minutes of binary search ;-) I found the 
offending line, which erroneously contains two dots instead of one.

I suppose this should be fixed at least in named-checkconf.

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Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
[ FreeBSD committer:                                 marck at FreeBSD.org ]
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