2.4 kernel and bind 8.2.3 - REL.
paul j
paul at netpacq.com
Mon Jun 25 03:22:15 UTC 2001
The point here is some people have half a brain on this list and do not
follow blindly where they are PUSHED..
However.... it looks like you do.
At 08:13 PM 6/24/2001, Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
> >
> > Total of 5,000 primary domains, and one server backing all 5,000
> domains up..
> >
> > Total of 3 name servers, that I was hopping to speed-up with the new
> kernel..
> > .
> > I am still reading on bind 9.x.x.... whay will they not leave the format
> > ALONE!!!?....
> > Pain in my ass to have to rebuild all my domains, every time we upgrade
> our
> > bind version.... so much work I don't like doing it very much..
>
> I'm sure that there are BIND 9 servers running with EXACTLY
> the same zone files that they were running on BIND 4 servers
> 10 years ago. I'm sure that there are many, many more that
> made only one change to get the zone file to work on BIND
> 9, i.e. adding a $TTL directive.
>
> If you have had to do more than adding a $TTL directive,
> then your zone files were in error in the first place. The
> fact that named read them didn't make them correct.
>
> >
> > If they are going to add features, why must they make such RADICAL
> > changes...Ooh, that's right no one can agree on a standard in *nix, and if
> > someone try's they get shoot down with "You are taking away our freedom to
> > code how we want"....
>
> Well if you have been forced to make changes to zone files
> (including ensuring that a TTL was defined) you havn't
> followed the standard. Named's changes have been in terms
> of stricter standards comformance. If you were strictly
> following the standard in the first place you wouldn't
> see effects of the changes.
>
> >
> > Can't we all just get ALONG??
> >
>
> Mark
>--
>Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
>1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
>PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Best regards,
Paul Jacobs /Senior Network Eng.
Netpacq Systems Inc.
http://www.netpacq.com
mailto:paul at netpacq.com
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