dig +trace problems

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> In article <agvcfs$fm9u$1 at isrv4.isc.org>, Simon Waters wrote:
> > Will Yardley wrote:
> 
> >> Why does dig +trace fail on this:
> >> jazz% dig +trace ilove.lancaster.pa.us.
>  
> >> dig: couldn't get address for 'B.GTLD.BIZ': not found
>  
> > I can get BIND 9.2.1 to answer for b.gtld.biz from glue, and
> > then if I query "dig gtld.biz ns" it caches the non-existence of
> > "b". Your problem dig query still works with dig from 9.2.1,
> > whichever way I do it.
> 
> d'oh - should have checked that.  Works fine with 9.2.1 DiG:

	Well it looks like your platform has a broken getaddrinfo()
	implementation.  BIND 9.3.0a0 (aka snapshot) sets AI_ADDRCONFIG
	whereas BIND 9.2.1 doesn't.

> 
> bacall% dig +trace ilove.lancaster.pa.us.
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> +trace ilove.lancaster.pa.us.
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> .                       114050  IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       114050  IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> ;; Received 292 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 102 ms
> 
> us.                     172800  IN      NS      A.GTLD.BIZ.
> us.                     172800  IN      NS      B.GTLD.BIZ.
> us.                     172800  IN      NS      C.GTLD.BIZ.
> ;; Received 143 bytes from 192.203.230.10#53(E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 42
> ms
> 
> lancaster.pa.us.        1000000 IN      NS      ns1.ptd.net.
> lancaster.pa.us.        1000000 IN      NS      ns2.ptd.net.
> ;; Received 82 bytes from 209.173.53.162#53(A.GTLD.BIZ) in 104 ms
> 
> ilove.lancaster.pa.us.  86400   IN      NS      ns.newdream.net.
> ilove.lancaster.pa.us.  86400   IN      NS      ns2.newdream.net.
> ;; Received 86 bytes from 204.186.0.201#53(ns1.ptd.net) in 111 ms
> 
> ilove.lancaster.pa.us.  7200    IN      A       66.33.196.236
> ilove.lancaster.pa.us.  7200    IN      NS      ns3.newdream.net.
> ilove.lancaster.pa.us.  7200    IN      NS      ns.newdream.net.
> ilove.lancaster.pa.us.  7200    IN      NS      ns2.newdream.net.
> ;; Received 168 bytes from 66.33.206.6#53(ns.newdream.net) in 32 ms
> 
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