Actually a double bug with named-checkconf. The first bug: while the man page correctly states that the file that named-checkconf checks "defaults to /etc/bind/named.conf", it is actually looking for /etc/named/named.conf (as used on other linux systems). newserv etc # named -v BIND 9.2.2-P1 newserv etc # ls -als /etc/bind/named.conf 4 -r-xr-x--- 1 root named 1182 Jan 15 02:56 /etc/bind/named.conf newserv etc # named-checkconf /etc/bind/named.conf:35: change directory to '/etc/named' failed: file not found /etc/bind/named.conf:35: parsing failed When I tried to find a way around the first bug, I found a second bug: named-checkconf seems to ignore its filename argument. For example: newserv bind # named-checkconf /etc/bind/named.conf /etc/bind/named.conf:35: change directory to '/etc/named' failed: file not found /etc/bind/named.conf:35: parsing failed As a workaround for now, I softlinked /etc/bind to /etc/named. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge bind 2. try to use named-checkconf to check the configuration file Actual Results: named-checkconf failed to check bind's configuration file for problems Expected Results: use the gentoo path of /etc/bind instead of /etc/named newserv bind # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r12 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r2 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jan 10 2005, 00:54:49)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r2, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-all-loops -funit-at-a-time -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-all-loops -funit-at-a-time -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aac aalib acpi alsa apache2 avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib cdr crypt cups curl divx4linux dvdr emul-linux-x86 encode esd evo fam flac font-server gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imap imlib innodb ipv4 java jp2 jpeg junit kde kerberos krb4 libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mbox mime mmap motif mozilla mpeg multilib mysql ncurses nis nls opengl oss pam perl php png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sockets sox spell ssl sysvipc tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales wmf xine xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv zlib" Unset: LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
unreproduceable with 9.2.5 please, reopen if problem is still exist
