I think the right thing here is to move the default configuration location out of /etc/bind; probably we should make /etc/chiark- scripts/ and stick it in there. That will involved postinst checking for an extant configuration file and putting a symlink in place if it finds one; if not, then it can leave an empty file in the new location.
While we're at it, it's not clear that /etc/bind is the best default directory, either.
[an alternative would be to make it just emit a warning on not finding the config file, but given we're going to have to do some work migrating to a new configuration file location anyway, I don't believe that to be a win]
Clearly the man-page will need modifying too. Any objections? Matthew -- Matthew Vernon MA VetMB LGSM MRCVS Farm Animal Epidemiology and Informatics Unit Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~mcv21/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

