[Windows] [9.16.45] Missing IPv4 DNS prevents tools from working

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

Yes, this bug can be fixed.

Just find a software developer and pay him some money.  Or fix it 
yourself, you have the code.

I suppose ISC does not want you to buy a paid support subscription to 
fix this one but maybe they do, you could try contacting them.

Oh, wait.  You must be wanting this fixed for FREE.   Gotcha!

Perhaps a review of what the point of Open Source software is might be 
in order?

Ted

On 1/8/2024 9:41 AM, Gentry Deng via bind-users wrote:
> Hello there,
>
>
> Due to an accident my local network is missing IPv4 DNS but has IPv6 
> DNS so it has little impact on accessing the internet.
>
> But I found that neither `dig `nor `nslookup` worked, and reported an 
> error:
>
>
> ```
>
> C:\Program Files\ISC BIND 9\bin\dig.exe: parse of C:\Program Files\ISC 
> BIND 9\etc\resolv.conf failed
>
> ```
>
>
> There is actually no "resolv.conf" there, they get the DNS from the 
> system and if IPv4 DNS is missing it will throw an error. Creating 
> "resolv.conf" manually also does not prevent the problem.
>
> I noticed that version 9.16 is about to be EOL. I wonder if this BUG 
> can be fixed before EOL? After all, this is the only version of BIND 9 
> that still supports the Windows platform.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gentry
>