Description of Problem: A security update for BIND was issued this morning. Upon installing it, named will no longer start. The error message given when you try to start is is: # /sbin/service named start Starting named: named: -u not supported on Linux kernels older than 2.3.99-pre3 or 2.2.18 when using threads We currently have kernel 2.2.16-22 Running named as root is not exactly a palatable idea. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): bind-9.2.1-0.70.2.i386.rpm Additional Information: This could easily be fixed by making the rpm file have a dependency on kernel-2.2.18, which would clue people that they're missing an update before they lose their nameserver. Or at a minimum provide some kind of output warning you that the startup script needs to be modified or it won't run if the kernel is too old.
Added the requires line fixed in dhcp-3.0pl1-18
sorry for being nitpicky here, but what does dhcpd have to do with bind?