A note for Debian users

   First of all, I would like to point out that I really appreciate
   Debian making a MaraDNS package available. This package has
   increased the number of MaraDNS users, and the Debian developers
   have given me feedback that has improved MaraDNS.

   However, because of Debian's policies, their "Stable" version of
   MaraDNS is usually an outdated version of MaraDNS that contains
   bugs that I have since fixed. I do not support these outdated
   versions of MaraDNS, and request that Debian users upgrade to
   the current stable version of MaraDNS before sending the mailing
   list bug reports or asking for technical support. Here is my
   guide for Debian users, telling them how to upgrade the outdated
   version of MaraDNS Debian comes with:

     * MaraDNS 1.4 is a "bugfix only" branch, and no new features
       have been added to this version of MaraDNS.

     * Updating from previous versions of MaraDNS up to MaraDNS 1.4
       is trivial and fully documented

     * It is very easy to update the buggy version of MaraDNS that
       the Debian package comes with an updated MaraDNS.

     * First, download the most recent stable version of MaraDNS
       from the MaraDNS download page or from the Sourceforge
       page.

     * Next, unpack the MaraDNS tarball. For example, if you
       downloaded the file "maradns-1.4.01.tar.bz2" (please only
       download MaraDNS-1.4.01 if it is the current stable version,
       which it is at time of writing this document), type in this
       command:

         tar xvjf maradns-1.4.01.tar.bz2

     * Enter the maradns-1.4.version directory, where version is
       the bugfix revision number of the most current 1.4 release
       of MaraDNS.

     * Compile MaraDNS 1.4version with the following commands:

         ./configure; make

     * If the above fails, you may need to install the "gcc" and
       "libc6-dev" packages before being able to compile programs:

         sudo apt-get install gcc
         sudo apt-get install libc6-dev

     * Once MaraDNS is compiled, make sure to stop the MaraDNS
       daemon:

         /etc/init.d/maradns stop

     * Now, replace the outdated MaraDNS program that comes with
       Debian. From the maradns-1.4.version directory, type in the
       following command:

         sudo cp server/maradns /usr/sbin/

     * Restart the MaraDNS daemon:

         /etc/init.d/maradns start

   At this point, your MaraDNS daemon is now the fully supported
   version of MaraDNS. If you continue to have the bug or concern
   after upgrading to the latest 1.4 release, please let us know on
   the mailing list so we can begin to resolve the issue.

