[Bug 1531438] [NEW] /etc/bind/db.root not being updated

[PerToft]

Public bug reported:

I noticed errors in the logs and discovered that the /etc/bind/db.root
are not being updated.

05-Jan-2016 11:21:58.048 general: warning: checkhints: h.root-servers.net/A (198.97.190.53) missing from hints
05-Jan-2016 11:21:58.048 general: warning: checkhints: h.root-servers.net/A (128.63.2.53) extra record in hints
05-Jan-2016 11:21:58.048 general: warning: checkhints: h.root-servers.net/AAAA (2001:500:1::53) missing from hints
05-Jan-2016 11:21:58.048 general: warning: checkhints: h.root-servers.net/AAAA (2001:500:1::803f:235) extra record in hints

pto at dns2-s3538:~$ dpkg -l bind9
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                          Version                     Architecture                Description
+++-=============================================-===========================-===========================-================================================================================================
ii  bind9                                         1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6     amd64                       Internet Domain Name Server
pto at dns2-s3538:~$

pto at dns2-s3538:~$ uname -a
Linux dns2-s3538 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
pto at dns2-s3538:~$

pto at dns2-s3538:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release:        14.04
pto at dns2-s3538:~$

pto at dns2-s3538:~$ apt-cache policy bind9
bind9:
  Installed: 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6
  Candidate: 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6
  Version table:
 *** 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6 0
        500 http://194.19.194.51/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://91.189.92.200/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:9.9.5.dfsg-3 0
        500 http://194.19.194.51/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
pto at dns2-s3538:~$

** Affects: bind9 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  /etc/bind/db.root not being updated

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