Can you create issue for this in the upstream GitLab? This is upstream bug and it makes no sense for me to act as secretary. -- Ondřej Surý (He/Him)
> On 7. 11. 2025, at 8:47, Alessandro Vesely <[email protected]> wrote: > > Package: bind9 > Version: 1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > when I upgraded to this version of bind9, the resolver wouln't start. > I couldn't even complete the installation because of the postinst script > failure. > > The failing point was named-checkconf, returning exit code 1. > No output whatsoever. I had to delete bunches of config lines > until I found that the following line was triggering the failure: > > nsec3param iterations 1 optout false salt-length 16; > > Commenting out the line finally allowed named to start. Later on > I found that specifying just "nsec3param;" without parameters is > also accepted. > > The doc is a bit obscure on the subject, it warns against using > the parameters unless their implications are fully understood. > (I don't fully understand them, but I think that even if I did > named-checkconf would have failed nevertheless.) > > The bug is to not point to the non-accepted configuration line. > > Best > Ale > > -- System Information: > Distributor ID: Devuan > Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 6 (excalibur) > Release: 6 > Codename: excalibur > Architecture: x86_64 > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/bash > Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) > > Versions of packages bind9 depends on: > ii adduser 3.152 > ii bind9-libs 1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1 > ii bind9-utils 1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1 > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.91 > ii dns-root-data 2024071801 > ii init-system-helpers 1.68devuan1 > ii iproute2 6.15.0-1 > ii libc6 2.41-12 > ii libcap2 1:2.75-10+b1 > ii libfstrm0 0.6.1-1+b3 > ii libjemalloc2 5.3.0-3 > ii libjson-c5 0.18+ds-1 > ii liblmdb0 0.9.31-1+b2 > ii libmaxminddb0 1.12.2-1 > ii libnghttp2-14 1.64.0-1.1 > ii libprotobuf-c1 1.5.1-1 > ii libssl3t64 3.5.1-1+deb13u1 > ii liburcu8t64 0.15.2-2 > ii libuv1t64 1.50.0-2 > ii libxml2 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u1 > ii netbase 6.5 > ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1 > > bind9 recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages bind9 suggests: > ii bind9-dnsutils 1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1 > ii bind9-doc 1:9.20.15-1~deb13u1 > pn resolvconf <none> > pn ufw <none> > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/bind/named.conf changed [not included] > /etc/bind/named.conf.local [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/etc/bind/named.conf.local' > /etc/bind/named.conf.options changed [not included] > /etc/default/named changed [not included] > > -- debconf information: > bind9/run-resolvconf: true > bind9/different-configuration-file: > bind9/start-as-user: bind
