Using HINFO with nsupdate and BIND 8.2.2-p5

[Ingvar Hagelund; UiO]

Hello, list.

We run bind 8.2.2-p5 on Solaris 8.

I want to add some resource records with host information to DNS by using
the HINFO type from nsupdate. But it looks like this is not possible, I
get some "RR format error".  I get similar errors when using TXT
records. Other RR types like A and PTR gets updated from nsupdate with no
problem. Here's a log:

#nsupdate
> update add mymachine.somewhere.com 86400 IN HINFO Pentium Linux
>=20
res_mkupdate: packet size =3D 57
;; res_send()
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: UPDATE, status: NOERROR, id: 39261
;; flags:; ZONE: 1, PREREQUISITE: 0, UPDATE: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;;=09somewhere.com, type =3D SOA, class =3D IN
mymachine.somewhere.com. 1D IN HINFO=09""\#(=09=09; RR format error
=0950 65 6e 74 69 75 6d 20 4c 69 6e 75 78 )=09; Pentium Linux
;; Querying server (# 1) address =3D 193.156.96.215
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: UPDATE, status: NOERROR, id: 39261
;; flags: qr ra; ZONE: 0, PREREQUISITE: 0, UPDATE: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

>=20
#

Now: the host -a command digs out the error, some OS-type missing
packet size error, but this really don't tell me much. Any ideas?

#host -a mymachine.somewhere.com
Trying null domain
rcode =3D 0 (Success), ancount=3D3
The following answer is not verified as authentic by the server:
mymachine.somewhere.com =0986400 IN=09A=09193.156.96.219
mymachine.somewhere.com =0986400 IN=09MX=0910 mail.somewhere.com
mymachine.somewhere.com =0986400 IN=09HINFO=09entium Linux=C0
; *** Warning *** OS-type missingpacket size error (ffbcf583 !=3D ffbcf53f)

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Thanks,=20
Ingvar

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