[bind10-dev] Non-absolute names for $ORIGIN

[Stephen Morris]

I've just noticed a comment from Jinmei in the bind10 jabber room:

"another corner case: is it okay to specify a non-absolute name for
$ORIGIN? BIND 9 allows it - NSD doesn't"

A couple of points come to mind:

Firstly if $ORIGIN is a relative name, then what is it relative to?

Secondly, the omission of a trailing "." in a $ORIGIN statement caused
a ccTLD to go off-line a few years ago. Perhaps we could make
acceptance of relative names for $ORIGIN a BIND 10 configuration
option?  Some users may welcome the ability to catch a common error.

Stephen