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  From: Daryl Tester <Daryl.Tester@iocane.com.au>
  To  : Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 17:36:19 +0930

Re: BIND 8/9 Compatibility

Andrew Reid wrote:

> Yeah, I agree. Think of it in the 2.4 kernel networking rewrite. It was
> done in a mannar that doesn't force the SysAdmin's out there to
> completely reconfigure there networking subsystem. IPTables is an
> example. While it has a bunch of cool features not found in IPChains,
> the use of IPChains is still supported. An approach like this to BIND
> would have been nice.

Well, from memory when Bind 8 originally came out there was a Perl
script in the contrib/ directory that converted from Bind 4 to Bind
8 format.  Have you checked to see if there is something similar for
the 8 to 9 transition?


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Regards,
  Daryl Tester,  Software Wrangler and Bit Herder, IOCANE Pty. Ltd.

"You shouldn't mix meditation with management.  The mind gets too empty."
  -- Dilbert

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