Upcoming changes in Debian/Ubuntu BIND 9 package

[Ondřej Surý]

Hi,

ISC provides BIND 9 packages via:

- Launchpad:
 - BIND 9.18: https://launchpad.net/~isc/+archive/ubuntu/bind-esv
 - BIND 9.20: https://launchpad.net/~isc/+archive/ubuntu/bind
 - BIND 9.21: https://launchpad.net/~isc/+archive/ubuntu/bind-dev
- Debian custom repositories:
 - BIND 9.18: https://bind.debian.net/bind-esv/
 - BIND 9.20: https://bind.debian.net/bind/
 - BIND 9.21: https://bind.debian.net/bind-dev/

In preparation for Debian trixie, following changes will be made to the packages (as they are built from the same source):

- Transitional packages dnsutils and bind9utils have been dropped (in favour of bind9-dnsutils and bind9-utils)

- The all /etc/bind/db.*, named.conf.default-zones and zones.rfc1918 configuration files are going to be removed in favor of empty-zones yes; (which is default)

- /etc/bind/named.conf.options has been cleared for obsolete or superfluous options

Please be aware of these changes to configuration files when upgrading the packages as this could result in named not starting.

Ondrej
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