Upgrading from 8.2.2p7 to 8.2.3 database errors

[Lubna Sorour]

You could install BIND 8.2.3 on another machine as a secondary name server
for all of your zones. This will create all your zones in proper syntax,
then just upgrade your primary and copy all the new files there.

Lubna Sorour

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mark.Andrews at nominum.com>
To: "Forrest Aldrich" <forrie at forrie.com>
Cc: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: Upgrading from 8.2.2p7 to 8.2.3 database errors



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> I can do this, sure.  But this doesn't address the problem... and I can't
> imagine manually editing 100s of zones.
>
> 8.2.2p7 and versions prior to 8.2.3 did not have a problem with our
> zones.  So, what changed and why?

Why don't you post a master file, which has a problem, so
we can see what your problem is.

Mark

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> At 10:28 AM 1/28/2001 +1100, you wrote:
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> >         Get BIND 9.1 and run named-checkzone on the master files.
> >         This will allow you to find the syntax errors in your
> >         master files.
> >
> >         Note BIND 9.1 does not implement checknames.
> >
> >         Mark
> > >
> > > Something changed in how the zone files are being parsed.   When we
> > > upgraded to 8.2.3, it spit out tons of format and database errors.  I
> > > presume this has to do with how it reads line breaks, etc.
> > >
> > > This is a problem, because we have hundreds of zones.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to run these zones through a filter so that they are
> > > formatted correctly such that 8.2.3 would be happy?   We down-rev'd to
> > > 8.2.2p7, which doesn't complain, for the time being.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> >--
> >Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> >1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> >PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
>
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com