This bug represents a significant Linux policy violation. Generated files should never be created in the /etc directory. As a workaround I linked all of my zone files into /var/cache/bind, and then used those in my named.conf.local file, but it isn't an elegant solution.
Proposed solution: concatenate the directory from the options (named.conf.options) to each zone file using "basename $file" (from named.conf.local). This way the files will always be in the directory which is by default "/var/cache/bind", an acceptable location for dynamically generated files and the basename will ensure that the files are named correctly. Any chance of such a change, or is this more of a bind bug than a Debian bug? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]