Bind 9.18: assert in dns_cache_create() cleanup branch

[Stacey Marshall]

On 10 Jul 2025, at 16:25, Ondřej Surý wrote:

> current stable release (9.20) and the previous stable 9.18 is in the "deep freeze" mode
> where we only fix critical or security bugs

Gosh, I hadn't appreciated that 9.18 was in the freezer, time does fly.
- https://www.isc.org/download/ states it's the older stable release.
- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.37/doc/arm/html/notes.html#end-of-life
  "says supported until at least December, 2025." with a link to
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896 where it states:

  Stable branches of BIND get minor feature updates and bug fixes
  for approximately 12 months, but then are put into Extended Support
  mode and receive only critical fixes and eventually, only security
  patches.

And so 9.18 is in Extended Support Mode, I shall work towards turning the crank to ship
9.20 in Solaris.

BTW, Thank you for adding deprecated feature warnings to named-checkconf, warning of features still active in 9.18 but deprecated in 9.20.

Regards,
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Stace