Can one set max-journal-size to 0?

[Mark Andrews]

> I have been upgrading several nameservers from 9.2.5 to 9.3.2, and
> have been wondering how best to use the new max-journal-size option.
> 
> In particular if one has a (stealth) slave that doesn't allow outgoing
> zone transfers, there's no point keeping information about how to
> advance from old serials once BIND has committed the new master file
> to disc. But I still want this server to use IXFR when fetching zones.
> 
> Can I achieve the desired effect by setting max-journal-size to 0?
> Or will this cause it to throw away the journal _before_ it has
> committed the new master file? Or even not to attempt IXFR at all?
> 
> -- 
> Chris Thompson
> Email: cet1 at cam.ac.uk

	It will work.

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