Re: [EXTERNAL] dig and host don't work in IPv6

On 7/29/23, Andrew Schulman via Cygwin wrote: >> Sorry... Did you try using the -d option to see what DNS servers these >> commands try to actually connect to (and time out, eventually). > > No help unfortunately. > > $ host -d6 cygwin.com > Trying "cygwin.com" > ;; connection timed out; no

Re: [EXTERNAL] dig and host don't work in IPv6

> Sorry... Did you try using the -d option to see what DNS servers these > commands try to actually connect to (and time out, eventually). No help unfortunately. $ host -d6 cygwin.com Trying "cygwin.com" ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > (strace can help as well, I

RE: [EXTERNAL] dig and host don't work in IPv6

> Thanks. Unfortunately neither of those options fixes the problem. Sorry... Did you try using the -d option to see what DNS servers these commands try to actually connect to (and time out, eventually). (strace can help as well, I think.) Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI -- Problem

Re: [EXTERNAL] dig and host don't work in IPv6

> > Should I be doing something differently? Or is it a bug? > > It may be sort of a limitation (IIRC, in Cygwin's minires) but: > > Did you try to use > > options=osquery > > and (separate by spaces) / or > > options=inet6 > > in /etc/resolv.conf ? Thanks. Unfortunately neither of those

RE: [EXTERNAL] dig and host don't work in IPv6

> It may be sort of a limitation (IIRC, in Cygwin's minires) but: > > Should I be doing something differently? Or is it a bug? > > the host and dig commands no longer work Reading your question again, I don't think Cygwin's minires limitation (if any) can be at play here because IIRC neither

RE: [EXTERNAL] dig and host don't work in IPv6

> Should I be doing something differently? Or is it a bug? It may be sort of a limitation (IIRC, in Cygwin's minires) but: Did you try to use options=osquery and (separate by spaces) / or options=inet6 in /etc/resolv.conf ? HTH, Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI -- Problem