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+SUMMARY = "ISC Internet Domain Name Server"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://www.isc.org/bind/"
+DESCRIPTION = "BIND 9 provides a full-featured Domain Name Server system"
+SECTION = "console/network"
+
+LICENSE = "MPL-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYRIGHT;md5=ef10b4de6371115dcecdc38ca2af4561"
+
+DEPENDS = "openssl libcap zlib libuv"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
+           file://conf.patch \
+           file://named.service \
+           file://bind9 \
+           file://generate-rndc-key.sh \
+           file://make-etc-initd-bind-stop-work.patch \
+           file://init.d-add-support-for-read-only-rootfs.patch \
+           file://bind-ensure-searching-for-json-headers-searches-sysr.patch \
+           file://0001-named-lwresd-V-and-start-log-hide-build-options.patch \
+           file://0001-avoid-start-failure-with-bind-user.patch \
+           "
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9914af9311fd349cab441097898d94fb28d0bfd9bf6ed04fe1f97f042644da7f"
+
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/"
+# stay at 9.16 follow the ESV versions divisible by 4
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>9.(16|20|24|28)(\.\d+)+(-P\d+)*)/"
+
+inherit autotools update-rc.d systemd useradd pkgconfig multilib_header update-alternatives
+
+# PACKAGECONFIGs readline and libedit should NOT be set at same time
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "readline"
+PACKAGECONFIG[httpstats] = "--with-libxml2=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${prefix},--without-libxml2,libxml2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline=-lreadline,,readline"
+PACKAGECONFIG[libedit] = "--with-readline=-ledit,,libedit"
+PACKAGECONFIG[python3] = "--with-python=yes --with-python-install-dir=${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} , --without-python, python3-ply-native,"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = " --with-libtool --disable-devpoll --disable-auto-validation --enable-epoll \
+                 --with-gssapi=no --with-lmdb=no --with-zlib \
+                 --sysconfdir=${sysconfdir}/bind \
+                 --with-openssl=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${prefix} \
+               "
+LDFLAGS_append = " -lz"
+
+inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python3', 'python3native distutils3-base', '', d)}
+
+# dhcp needs .la so keep them
+REMOVE_LIBTOOL_LA = "0"
+
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM_${PN} = "--system --home ${localstatedir}/cache/bind --no-create-home \
+                       --user-group bind"
+
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "bind"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults"
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "named.service"
+
+do_install_append() {
+
+	rmdir "${D}${localstatedir}/run"
+	rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "${D}${localstatedir}"
+	install -d -o bind "${D}${localstatedir}/cache/bind"
+	install -d "${D}${sysconfdir}/bind"
+	install -d "${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d"
+	install -m 644 ${S}/conf/* "${D}${sysconfdir}/bind/"
+	install -m 755 "${S}/init.d" "${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/bind"
+        if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python3', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+		sed -i -e '1s,#!.*python3,#! /usr/bin/python3,' \
+		${D}${sbindir}/dnssec-coverage \
+		${D}${sbindir}/dnssec-checkds \
+		${D}${sbindir}/dnssec-keymgr
+	fi
+
+	# Install systemd related files
+	install -d ${D}${sbindir}
+	install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/generate-rndc-key.sh ${D}${sbindir}
+	install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/named.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	sed -i -e 's,@BASE_BINDIR@,${base_bindir},g' \
+	       -e 's,@SBINDIR@,${sbindir},g' \
+	       ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/named.service
+
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/bind9 ${D}${sysconfdir}/default
+
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+		install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/tmpfiles.d
+		echo "d /run/named 0755 bind bind - -" > ${D}${sysconfdir}/tmpfiles.d/bind.conf
+	fi
+
+    oe_multilib_header isc/platform.h
+}
+
+CONFFILES_${PN} = " \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/named.conf \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/named.conf.local \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/named.conf.options \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/db.0 \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/db.127 \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/db.empty \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/db.local \
+	${sysconfdir}/bind/db.root \
+	"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-utils = "nslookup"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[nslookup] = "${bindir}/nslookup"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+
+PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN += "${PN}-utils"
+FILES_${PN}-utils = "${bindir}/host ${bindir}/dig ${bindir}/mdig ${bindir}/nslookup ${bindir}/nsupdate"
+FILES_${PN}-dev += "${bindir}/isc-config.h"
+FILES_${PN} += "${sbindir}/generate-rndc-key.sh"
+
+PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN += "${PN}-libs"
+# special arrangement below due to
+# https://github.com/isc-projects/bind9/commit/0e25af628cd776f98c04fc4cc59048f5448f6c88
+FILES_SOLIBSDEV = "${libdir}/*[!0-9].so ${libdir}/libbind9.so"
+FILES_${PN}-libs = "${libdir}/named/*.so* ${libdir}/*-${PV}.so"
+FILES_${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/*.la"
+
+PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python3', 'python3-bind', '', d)}"
+FILES_python3-bind = "${sbindir}/dnssec-coverage ${sbindir}/dnssec-checkds \
+                ${sbindir}/dnssec-keymgr ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = ""
+RDEPENDS_python3-bind = "python3-core python3-ply"