I need to transform this bug into a feature freeze exception request, therefore I will temporarily unassign myself from it and set it back to "new" so it's seen by the ubuntu release team.
** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => New ** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) => (unassigned) ** Description changed: + Bind 9.11.x, as shipped in eoan, had support for geoip1 (legacy code) + via the src:geoip package. + + bind9 9.16.x, the new upstream stable release and what we are shipping + in focal, dropped support for this legacy library and requires instead + libmaxminddb. + + There is an ongoing MIR at + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmaxminddb/+bug/1861101 + which is essentially approved, as most of it's conditions at + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmaxminddb/+bug/1861101/comments/5 + have been met, just pending FFe bugs now. + + This bug is bringing back geoip support for bind9, but via a new + library, therefore I believe it needs a Feature Freeze Exception. + + PPA with packages for testing at + https://launchpad.net/~ahasenack/+archive/ubuntu/bind9-geoip/ + + + [Original description] + Ubuntu 20.04 bind9 1:9.16.0-1ubuntu3 # systemctl status bind9 ● named.service - BIND Domain Name Server - Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) - Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-03-10 18:22:42 CET; 2min 21s ago - Docs: man:named(8) - Main PID: 46665 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) + Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) + Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-03-10 18:22:42 CET; 2min 21s ago + Docs: man:named(8) + Main PID: 46665 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: adjusted limit on open files from 524288 to 1048576 Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: found 8 CPUs, using 8 worker threads Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: using 8 UDP listeners per interface Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: using up to 21000 sockets Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf' Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: /etc/bind/named.conf.options:48: option 'geoip-directory' was not enabled at compile time Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: loading configuration: failure Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: exiting (due to fatal error) Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu systemd[1]: named.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu systemd[1]: named.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ** Description changed: - Bind 9.11.x, as shipped in eoan, had support for geoip1 (legacy code) + Bind 9.11.x, as shipped in eoan, has support for geoip1 (legacy code) via the src:geoip package. bind9 9.16.x, the new upstream stable release and what we are shipping in focal, dropped support for this legacy library and requires instead libmaxminddb. There is an ongoing MIR at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmaxminddb/+bug/1861101 which is essentially approved, as most of it's conditions at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmaxminddb/+bug/1861101/comments/5 have been met, just pending FFe bugs now. This bug is bringing back geoip support for bind9, but via a new library, therefore I believe it needs a Feature Freeze Exception. PPA with packages for testing at https://launchpad.net/~ahasenack/+archive/ubuntu/bind9-geoip/ - [Original description] Ubuntu 20.04 bind9 1:9.16.0-1ubuntu3 # systemctl status bind9 ● named.service - BIND Domain Name Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-03-10 18:22:42 CET; 2min 21s ago Docs: man:named(8) Main PID: 46665 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: adjusted limit on open files from 524288 to 1048576 Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: found 8 CPUs, using 8 worker threads Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: using 8 UDP listeners per interface Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: using up to 21000 sockets Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf' Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: /etc/bind/named.conf.options:48: option 'geoip-directory' was not enabled at compile time Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: loading configuration: failure Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: exiting (due to fatal error) Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu systemd[1]: named.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu systemd[1]: named.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ** Description changed: Bind 9.11.x, as shipped in eoan, has support for geoip1 (legacy code) via the src:geoip package. bind9 9.16.x, the new upstream stable release and what we are shipping in focal, dropped support for this legacy library and requires instead libmaxminddb. There is an ongoing MIR at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmaxminddb/+bug/1861101 which is essentially approved, as most of it's conditions at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmaxminddb/+bug/1861101/comments/5 have been met, just pending FFe bugs now. This bug is bringing back geoip support for bind9, but via a new - library, therefore I believe it needs a Feature Freeze Exception. + library, therefore I believe it needs a Feature Freeze Exception. Note + that bind9 9.16.x itself was uploaded before FF, but unknowingly without + geoip support. PPA with packages for testing at https://launchpad.net/~ahasenack/+archive/ubuntu/bind9-geoip/ [Original description] Ubuntu 20.04 bind9 1:9.16.0-1ubuntu3 # systemctl status bind9 ● named.service - BIND Domain Name Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-03-10 18:22:42 CET; 2min 21s ago Docs: man:named(8) Main PID: 46665 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: adjusted limit on open files from 524288 to 1048576 Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: found 8 CPUs, using 8 worker threads Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: using 8 UDP listeners per interface Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: using up to 21000 sockets Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf' Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: /etc/bind/named.conf.options:48: option 'geoip-directory' was not enabled at compile time Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: loading configuration: failure Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu named[46665]: exiting (due to fatal error) Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu systemd[1]: named.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 10 18:22:42 samsung6-ubuntu systemd[1]: named.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ** Summary changed: - option 'geoip-directory' was not enabled at compile time + FFe: re-enable geoip support via libmaxminddb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866875 Title: FFe: re-enable geoip support via libmaxminddb To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/+bug/1866875/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs