Hello Evan and Petr! Thanks for the details. Klaus
> -----Original Message----- > From: Evan Hunt <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2025 7:32 PM > To: Klaus Darilion <[email protected]> > Cc: Greg Choules via bind-users <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Binary zone file and journal compatibility between Bind9 versions > > On Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 11:40:33AM +0000, Klaus Darilion via bind-users > wrote: > > For testing I often up- and downgrade Bind versions, ie. Between 9.18, > > 9.20 and 9.21. I wonder how stable the binary zone file format and > > journal file format is, and if there are changes in the binary format, if > > Bind would detect that and behave properly. > > > > I am concerned about zones that end up containing some garbage. I never > > had any issues, but I wonder if that could happen. > > So far as I can recall, raw zone file format hasn't changed. > > Journal file format did change once, but the change should be detected > and handled correctly when upgrading, and there's a tool for upgrading or > downgrading manually if needed (named-journalprint -u and -d, respectively). > > There was also a "map" file format for a while, and it was much touchier, > but it's been removed now. > > -- > Evan Hunt -- [email protected] > Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
