Why does host Command in bind9.3.2 Repeat Itself?

[Chris Thompson]

On Dec 20 2006, Martin McCormick wrote:

>	If I look up an alias, the output of the host command is
>accurate, but it repeats itself.  Earlier versions of host didn't
>do this so I now have to manually chop off the redundancy when
>including the output to clients who ask why if you don't edit it.
>Example:
>
>$ host quicksand.okstate.edu
>
>quicksand.okstate.edu is an alias for columbus.okstate.edu.
>columbus.okstate.edu has address 10.1.2.3
>quicksand.okstate.edu is an alias for columbus.okstate.edu.
>quicksand.okstate.edu is an alias for columbus.okstate.edu.

1995.   [bug]           'host' was reporting multiple "is an alias" messages.
                        [RT #15702]


Fixed in 9.3.3.

It's the result of changing the default -t in host(1) to be A _and_
AAAA _and_ MX, a change made in 9.3.0 but not in the 9.2.x code.

-- 
Chris Thompson
Email: cet1 at cam.ac.uk