latest bind is screwed (was Re: New key: updating yum/yum-utils depsolving problem)

[Bill Davidsen]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:25:06 -0700, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> 
>> Be careful with "bind".  This version has an internal inconsistency
>> where it expects to allow 1024 files to be open, but a compiled in
>> constant in another section of the code limits it to 128 files. 
> 
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-6977
> 
> One month a test-update without any feedback from testers.
> You could have found this issue if you had given it a try earlier.
> 
We realize that things have been busy and no one is criticizing Fedora for not 
properly checking that the package had been downloaded and tested before 
releasing it. Obviously a lot of your users have not been downloading *anything* 
from Fedora lately, which reduces testing.

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