Thanks for answer! So actually it is just a cosmetic change not addressing a real problem.
I will miss the bind9 service :-( Klaus > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Ondřej Surý <ond...@isc.org> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. April 2020 10:15 > An: Klaus Darilion <klaus.daril...@nic.at> > Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Betreff: Re: Debian/Ubuntu: Why was the service renamed from bind9 to > named? > > Klaus, > > the default and preferred init system on both Debian and Ubuntu is systemd, > and the unit has proper Alias, so it is recognized also under "bind9" name. > > The sysv-rc script doesn’t have the capability of aliases, so unfortunately, > there’s > a downfall from the renaming, but it would not make sense to have a > different name > for different init systems. If you are using sysvinit, the choice and the > suffering that > comes from that choice is all yours. > > The renaming was done as it was a logical choice, the service is starting a > daemon, > and not a package, and daemon name is `named`. Also it is the name used by > RPM > based systems and Arch Linux and Gentoo, so it was also made to make BIND > 9 packages > in Debian/Ubuntu more unified with rest of the Linux world. > > Ondrej > -- > Ondřej Surý > ond...@isc.org > > > On 15 Apr 2020, at 08:51, Klaus Darilion <klaus.daril...@nic.at> wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > What is the rationale of: > > > > bind9 (1:9.13.6-1) experimental; urgency=medium > > ... > > * Rename the init scripts to named to match the name of the daemon > > > > > > Since years, Debian and Ubuntu User, and plenty of scripts and automation > software (Puppet ...), know that the service is called "bind9". I think it is > very > confusing and will cause lots of headaches once Ubuntu 18.04 or Debian 11 is > released. > > > > So I really do not understand this renaming. > > > > The software is "Bind 9". The package is "bind9". The service for long time > was "bind9". The config is in /etc/bind. Only the binary is named. So it would > have made more sense to rename the binary. (actually the binary is not so > important for end users: they install the package and manage the service and > usually do not have to worry about the name of the binary). > > > > It would be great if you undo this change before release of 18.04. > > > > regards > > Klaus > > _______________________________________________ > > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to > > unsubscribe > from this list > > > > bind-users mailing list > > bind-users@lists.isc.org > > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users