Updating zone files for 8.2.2

[Kevin Darcy]

N.M. Wallace wrote:

> I've managed to get BIND 8.2.2. up for testing, and it works. The next
> hurdle is going to be updating all of the zone files. I need to add the
> $TTL=number line to each file, so that I won't get the warning messages. I
> was able to do this with an emacs macro, but I also will need to increment
> the serial numbers. I was thinking of a Perl script, so that I don't have
> to hand-edit 168 zone files. Would this work? Has anyone else found
> another solution for this?

The $TTL directive doesn't get propagated to your slaves as such, so you
don't need to increment the serial numbers unless you actually changed the
TTL default value and you have a pressing need for your slaves to know that.


- Kevin