I can't reproduce this on my laptop. What happens if you move the /etc/bind directory out the way?
Are you able to recompile bind9 with debugging info? These commands should do this: apt-get install devscripts apt-get build-dep bind9 apt-get source bind9 cd bind9-* DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="debug noopt" debuild debi gdb --args named -u bind -f > run > bt full -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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