zone rejection

[Randy Bush]

why do i get these errors on start or reload

    Aug 14 09:45:20 rip named[137]: secondary/com.gh:6: SOA for "com.gh" \
                                    not at zone top "gh.com"
    Aug 14 09:45:20 rip named[137]: Zone "gh.com" (file secondary/com.gh): 
                                    no NS RRs found at zone top
    Aug 14 09:45:20 rip named[137]: slave zone "gh.com" (IN) rejected due \
                                    to errors (serial 199908123)

when the zone file named above shows as

    ; BIND version named 8.1.2 Sat Apr  3 18:00:37 PST 1999
    ; BIND version root at rip.psg.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/libexec/named-xfer
    ; zone 'com.gh'   last serial 199908103
    ; from 196.3.64.1   at Thu Aug 12 04:19:39 1999
    $ORIGIN gh.
    com             IN      SOA     austin.gh.com. hostmaster.gh.com. (
                    199908123 28800 7200 864000 86400 )
                    IN      NS      austin.gh.com.
                    IN      NS      rip.psg.com.
                    IN      NS      ns0.pipex.net.
                    IN      NS      ns1.pipex.net.
                    IN      A       196.3.64.1
    ...

and

    rip.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> dig +norec @196.3.64.1 gh.com. axfr

    ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> +norec @196.3.64.1 gh.com. axfr 
    ; (1 server found)
    $ORIGIN gh.com.
    @                       1D IN SOA       austin hostmaster (
					    199908121       ; serial
					    8H              ; refresh
					    2H              ; retry
					    1w3d            ; expiry
					    1D )            ; minimum

			    1D IN NS        austin
			    1D IN NS        rip.psg.com.
			    1D IN NS        ns0.pipex.net.
			    1D IN NS        ns1.pipex.net.
    ...

it looks like an issue where the named-xfer turned
    $ORIGIN gh.com.
    @                       1D IN SOA       austin hostmaster (
into
    $ORIGIN gh.
    com             IN      SOA     austin.gh.com. hostmaster.gh.com. (
which is quite a difference.

was it set off by  the mname and rname not being fqdns?

randy