[Opendnssec-develop] Serial from working directory

[Matthijs Mekking]

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Hi,

We had a discussion of where to get the current outputted serial from.
This is needed to calculate the new outputted serial.

Currently, it fetches that serial from the outputted signed zonefile.
However, if the signed zonefile is moved to a different location, we
cannot always calculate the new serial (datecounter and counter). So we
need to fetch it from our internal storage.

There are two suggested solutions to fix this:
1 Instead of moving the .finalized file to the output/signed directory,
leave a copy and fetch the serial from there. Pro: Easiest, Con:
Requires another copy of the zonefile on disk.

2 Write out a .serial file which contains the latest outputted serial.
Pro: (Much) less disk storage. Con: Slightly more difficult.


First question:
Is this something that *needs* to be done before the rc?
Imo, yes.

Second question:
What is the preferred method to do this?
Imo, 2.

Best regards,

Matthijs
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