severity 330209 wishlist
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 08:25:28PM +0200, Daniel Brockman wrote:
>   $ echo nameserver a.root-servers.net > /etc/resolv.conf
>   $ dig example.com
>   dig: couldn't get address for ' I : not found
>   $ dig example.com
>   dig: couldn't get address for ' y ': not found
> Expected result:  I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure that the
> error message could be improved.  At the very least, the
> message should be consistent across invocations.

Syntax for resolv.conf is 'nameserver dot.ted.quad.IP', not a name.  I
suppose that the resolver could be slowed down to check that the admin
hasn't goofed, but....

lamont


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