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Date:      Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:48:36 +0100
From:      Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com>
To:        dougb@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bin/158543: named(8) spams logs with unexpected errors
Message-ID:  <CAC9GOO_zrZ-bryYr1hp9EdHzJrOs15XqobQzsL3DqFhjyRnhUw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201201250258.q0P2wnsl066283@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <201201250258.q0P2wnsl066283@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 03:58,  <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Synopsis: named(8) spams logs with unexpected errors
>
> named is telling you that the network is down, so it cannot
> do its job. If you don't want this to happen, disable it
> before you go off line (e.g., service named stop).
>

Do you really think it's acceptable for named to fatally break the
machine (necessitating manual repair) or at minimum make logs useless
if it cannot contact root servers ???
And no, I don't go offline. There are many reasons beyond my control
why connectivity might not work. Also it happens at every startup
because named starts while ppp is still establishing connection.



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