Syntax of LOC Record is okay for bind8 but not bind9.

[Roy Arends]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Martin McCormick wrote:

> We have a couple of the LOC GPS data records in our zone and
> bind9 does not like them in the least although we have been using
> them under bind8 for well over a year.
> 
> 	What is wrong with the following?
> 
> ro-lib.net.okstate.edu.    IN  LOC  36 0 7.3981 N 97 00 04.1670 W
> 
> 	The Error message is:
> 
> dns_rdata_fromtext: /testdir/okstate.hosts:23: near 'N': syntax error
> 
> 	Obviously, it is satisfied until it reaches the N as in
> North.

Bind 9 follows rfc 1876 more restrictive then bind 8

2 things are wrong with the notation

1) the altitude is missing

2) the "seconds" notation is too specific. rfc 1876 states 3 decimals.

then again, this rfc is experimental

Roy Arends
Nominum