<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi John,<div><br></div><div>GitLab is a good place to fill well-defined feature requests.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div>Ondřej Surý — ISC (He/Him)<div><br></div><div>My working hours and your working hours may be different. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside your normal working hours.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 21. 9. 2023, at 18:22, John Thurston <john.thurston@alaska.gov> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>I just spent 4 hours* of my life trying to figure out why BIND
9.16 complained on startup:</p>
<p>
</p><blockquote type="cite">rpz 'rpz.local' is not a master or slave
zone</blockquote>
<p></p>
<p>when the zone was obviously defined, and was obviously loading.
This was easily verified by looking at <i>named-checkconf -px</i>
output, and by looking in the logs to see the XFR from its
primary.</p>
<p>It turns out . . . my global <i>response-policy</i> option
worked swimmingly when there was exactly one view defined. When
there is more than one view, the reference to the zone becomes
ambiguous and bind threw out that (not very) helpful message. When
there is more than one view, the <i>response-policy</i> must be
specified in each relevant view.<br>
</p>
<p>Where do I make a 'feature request'? I think I see how to
register defects (GitLab). Do feature requests go there, too? I'd
love to see the text of that message be a little more explanatory.
Maybe, "Dude. The zone you named exist, but with more than one
view your reference is ambiguous."<br>
</p>
<p>And, now that I think about it, it also feels like a defect in <i>named-checkconf</i>
that this is not called out. Or maybe I'm expecting too much from
<i>named-checkconf</i> ?<br>
</p>
<p>* Admittedly, the second and third hours were of diminishing
value, as my caffeine wore off and my frustration grew. After a
night's sleep, and a pot of fresh tea I figured it out.<br>
</p>
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Department of Administration
State of Alaska</pre>
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