On 06/01/2019 17:54, Nick Williams wrote:
I hate how confusing package versions are in distro package repos…
(and that’s a systemic issue with repos, not a problem made by the
fine folks here).
I’m using Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic). I’m trying to decide if I can/should
just use the PDNS package in its distro package repo, or if I should
use repo.powerdns.com <http://repo.powerdns.com>.
FYI, the packaging of powerdns in xenial is complete rubbish. They
packaged a pre-release alpha version which had severe problems, which
were of course fixed in the release version; but Ubuntu never updated to
the release version. Nearly three years on, they still haven't done so
<https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/net/pdns-server>.
So my advice is strongly to go with repo.powerdns.com.
Not only will you get tested and stable code, and incremental
improvements; you can also choose which branch you want to run and
change branches when it suits you.
The PDNS Authoritative version reported in Ubuntu’s repo
(https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/pdns-server) is 4.1.1-1. But
4.1.1-1 isn’t an actual PDNS version. So is it actually 4.1.1, or is
it 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, or 4.1.5? Does anyone here even know the
answer to that (seems like a big mystery of the universe to me)? Or
maybe know where I can find this information?
Actually it's very simple: it just means powerDNS 4.1.1, packaging
version 1. This allows the same underlying version 4.1.1 to be
repackaged/re-released as (say) 4.1.1-2.
They would do this if they found a bug in the way it was packaged - e.g.
a bug in a pre/post install script, or a missing file, or a wrong
permission. Also, in some circumstances they might backport a patch to
4.1.1.
Cheers,
Brian.
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