what is this python stuff in 9.11.7 ??

[Anand Buddhdev]

On 30/05/2019 23:45, Dennis Clarke wrote:

Hi Dennis,

Some of the utilities in newer version of BIND, such as dnssec-keymgr,
are written in python. This utility is very useful if you're going to
sign zones using BIND.

If you don't want or need this and a couple of other utilities for
DNSSEC key management, you can rebuild BIND by passing the
--without-python flag to configure.

Regards,
Anand

> I didn't think 9.11.7 had any need for python however after a fresh
> build I see this :
> 
> ./lib/python3.7
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc-2.0-py3.7.egg-info
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/parsetab.py
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/checkds.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/utils.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/parsetab.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/keyevent.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/rndc.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/policy.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/dnskey.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/eventlist.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/keydict.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/coverage.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/keyzone.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/keyseries.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-37.pyc
> ./lib/python3.7/site-packages/isc/__pycache__/keymgr.cpython-37.pyc
> 
> Is any of this stuff needed? Is this somehow operational stuff for a
> production named daemon ?   Is this documented anywhere?
> 
>