My daily update...

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> It seems I've almost been sp at mming this list with my updates; but I think a
> communication between actual users of Bind 9.1.x is essential for those who
> are going through the process of upgrading, and experiencing their own
> problems.
> 
> I'm now running Bind 9.1.1rc1 on a Sun E250, Solaris 2.7, and 512mb RAM.
> 
> After 16-odd hours running, it *appears* stable.  I *did* have to write a
> Perl script to go through each db file and add a $TTL directive before a lot
> of the zones would work, which seems odd.

	This is documented in doc/misc/migration.  You might also want to
	read README which would have told you about doc/misc/migration.
	You might also want to read FAQ.

> 
> I tried running Bind 9.1.0; it crashed within 90 minutes or so.
> 
> I tried running the Bind 9.2.0 "snapshot" available on the ISC.ORG server.
> When 9.1.1rc1 came out, it had a later date than the "snapshot," with a lot
> of bugfixes listed, so I went for that instead.  9.2.0 never crashed, but it
> exhibited the behavior of not loading zones that lacked a $TTL directive.  I
> "upgraded" to the 9.1.1rc1 because I believe it to really be a later
> version, with more bugfixes.  I really don't know the lineage of the 9.2.0
> version, and no announcement has been made about it, unlike 9.1.1rc1.  So,
> for all of those reasons, I'll stick with 9.1.1rc1 for now.
> 
> That's my update.  I would be very interested to know about other successes
> or failures using 9.1.1rc1.
> 
> Regards,
> Jim
> 
> 

	The snapshots of BIND 9.2.0 are not guaranteed to be stable or
	even to compile.

	BIND 9.1.x is BIND 9.1.0 with only bug fixes applied.

	Mark
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