> "dig +trace" calls getaddrinfo() and that needs to be able to resolve > the hostname (without dots at the end). getaddrinfo() is called > so that we don't have to have a full blown iterative resolver in > dig. >
I see. So no way to solve this one in dig itself. > The Internet moved from being a flat namespace (names without dots) > for hostnames to a heirachical namespace (names with *internal* > dots) a 1/4 century ago. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc921 > > Hostnames without dots are now local (e.g. localhost) or need to > be qualified (resolv.conf: search). > Yes, I heard something about a Internet that was invented some time ago... :-) But seriously: I don't see in the RFC that it is forbidden to have a hostname directly in the root-zone (without a internal dot). -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
