[Gforge-devel] [ gforge-Bugs-342 ] Debian Packaging: gforge-dns-bind9 should not stop/start but reload

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Bugs item #342, was opened at 2003-05-13 16:55
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Tomas Pospisek (tpo)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: Debian Packaging: gforge-dns-bind9 should not stop/start but reload 

Initial Comment:
The bind9 documentation [1] says: 
 
> 1.2. Handling of Configuration File Errors 
>  
> In BIND 9, named refuses to start if it detects an 
error in 
> named.conf.  Earlier versions would start despite 
errors, causing the 
> server to run with a partial configuration.  Errors 
detected during 
> subsequent reloads do not cause the server to exit. 
 
> Errors in master files do not cause the server to exit, 
but they 
> do cause the zone not to load. 
 
that means that the installation process [2] should 
absolutely try avoiding stop/starting bind as it does now 
and instead just reload the config file. 
 
A failed name server is about the worst that can 
happen - apart from "rm -rf" type stuff of course. 
*t 
 
[1] /usr/share/doc/bind9-doc/misc/migration.gz 
[2] /usr/lib/gforge/bin/install-dns.sh 

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