diff --git a/bind8/bind8.spec b/bind8/bind8.spec
index 49372389f8..320d5d916a 100644
--- a/bind8/bind8.spec
+++ b/bind8/bind8.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [PLUS]
 Group:        DNS
 License:      GPL
 Version:      8.4.1
-Release:      20030723
+Release:      20030814
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/%{version}/bind-src.tar.gz
@@ -153,20 +153,24 @@ Conflicts:    bind, powerdns
     rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %pre
-    if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then
-        #   stop daemon before any upgrade
-        ls >/dev/null 2>&1 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/var/bind/ndc \
-            && $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/sbin/ndc stop >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-            || true
+    #   before upgrade, save status and stop service
+    [ $1 -eq 2 ] || exit 0
+    eval `%{l_rc} bind8 status 2>/dev/null | tee %{l_tmpfile}`
+    %{l_rc} bind8 stop 2>/dev/null
+    exit 0
+
+%post
+    if [ $1 -eq 2 ]; then
+        #   after upgrade, restore status
+        eval `cat %{l_tmpfile}`; rm -f %{l_tmpfile}
+        [ ".$bind8_active" = .yes ] && %{l_rc} bind8 start
     fi
+    exit 0
 
 %preun
-    if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
-        #   stop daemon before removing package
-        ls >/dev/null 2>&1 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/var/bind/ndc \
-            && $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/sbin/ndc stop >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-            || true
-        #   remove dynamically generated files
-        rm -f $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/var/bind/*
-    fi
+    #   before erase, stop service and remove log files
+    [ $1 -eq 0 ] || exit 0
+    %{l_rc} bind8 stop 2>/dev/null
+    rm -f $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/var/bind/*.log.* >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    exit 0
 
diff --git a/bind8/rc.bind8 b/bind8/rc.bind8
index caec479b75..13c99f885c 100644
--- a/bind8/rc.bind8
+++ b/bind8/rc.bind8
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 %config
     bind8_enable="$openpkg_rc_def"
+    bind8_log_prolog="true"
+    bind8_log_epilog="true"
     bind8_log_numfiles="5"
     bind8_log_minsize="512K"
     bind8_log_complevel="9"
@@ -19,25 +21,32 @@
 
 %start -p 100 -u @l_susr@
     rcService bind8 enable yes || exit 0
+    rcService bind8 active yes && exit 0
     @l_prefix@/sbin/ndc start
 
 %stop -p 100 -u @l_susr@
     rcService bind8 enable yes || exit 0
+    rcService bind8 active no && exit 0
     @l_prefix@/sbin/ndc stop
 
 %restart -p 100 -u @l_susr@
     rcService bind8 enable yes || exit 0
+    rcService bind8 active no && exit 0
     @l_prefix@/sbin/ndc restart
 
 %reload -p 100 -u @l_susr@
     rcService bind8 enable yes || exit 0
+    rcService bind8 active no && exit 0
     @l_prefix@/sbin/ndc reload
 
 %daily -u @l_susr@
     rcService bind8 enable yes || exit 0
+
+    #   rotate logfile
     shtool rotate -f \
-        -n ${bind8_log_numfiles} -s ${bind8_log_minsize} \
-        -d -z ${bind8_log_complevel} -o @l_musr@ -o @l_mgrp@ -m 644 \
-        -E '@l_prefix@/sbin/ndc restart | grep -v "new pid is"' \
+        -n ${bind8_log_numfiles} -s ${bind8_log_minsize} -d \
+        -z ${bind8_log_complevel} -o @l_susr@ -o @l_mgrp@ -m 644 \
+        -P "${bind8_log_prolog}" \
+        -E "${bind8_log_epilog} && rc bind8 restart" \
         @l_prefix@/var/bind/named.log