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Suggest downloading root.hints as optional

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The root.hints file is automatically a dependency of unbound in the dns-root-data package, and would be updated automatically by the package manager.
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@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ The first thing you need to do is to install the recursive DNS resolver:
sudo apt install unbound
```
**Important**: Download the current root hints file (the list of primary root servers which are serving the domain "." - the root domain). Update it roughly every six months. Note that this file changes infrequently.
If you are installing unbound from a package manager, it should install the root.hints automatically with the dependency dns-root-data. The root hints will then be automatically updated by your packaged manager.
**Optional**: Download the current root hints file (the list of primary root servers which are serving the domain "." - the root domain). Update it roughly every six months. Note that this file changes infrequently. This is only necessary if you are not installing unbound from a package manager.
```bash
wget -O root.hints https://www.internic.net/domain/named.root
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ server:
do-ip6: no
# Use this only when you downloaded the list of primary root servers!
root-hints: "/var/lib/unbound/root.hints"
# If you use the default dns-root-data package, unbound will find it automatically
#root-hints: "/var/lib/unbound/root.hints"
# Trust glue only if it is within the server's authority
harden-glue: yes