Debian Bug report logs - #313229
bind9-host: Returns host: couldn't get address for '': not found

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Davis <colin@kudosinternet.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: bind9-host: Returns host: couldn't get address for '': not found

Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:32:43 +0100

Package: bind9-host
Version: 1:9.3.1-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages bind9-host depends on:
ii  libbind9-0                  1:9.3.1-2    BIND9 Shared Library used by BIND
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libdns20                    1:9.3.1-2    DNS Shared Library used by BIND
ii  libisc9                     1:9.3.1-2    ISC Shared Library used by BIND
ii  libisccfg1                  1:9.3.1-2    Config File Handling Library used 
ii  liblwres1                   1:9.3.1-2    Lightweight Resolver Library used 
ii  libssl0.9.7                 0.9.7e-3     SSL shared libraries

-- no debconf information

The package returns:

host: couldn't get address for '': not found

when running: host xxx.tld

Message #10 received at 313229@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: Colin Davis <colin@kudosinternet.net>, 313229@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#313229: bind9-host: Returns host: couldn't get address for '': not found

Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:15:37 -0700

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severity 313229 important
thanks

On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 04:32:43PM +0100, Colin Davis wrote:
> Package: bind9-host
> Version: 1:9.3.1-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

> The package returns:

> host: couldn't get address for '': not found

> when running: host xxx.tld

$ host xxx.tld
Host xxx.tld not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
$

This doesn't seem to be reproducible here; the program works fine for me.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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Message #17 received at 313229@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>

To: Colin Davis <colin@kudosinternet.net>, 313229@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#313229: bind9-host: Returns host: couldn't get address for '': not found

Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:51:41 -0600

tags 313229 + unreproducible
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On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 04:32:43PM +0100, Colin Davis wrote:
> The package returns:
> host: couldn't get address for '': not found
> when running: host xxx.tld

% host xxx.tld
Host xxx.tld not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
% host www.cc
www.cc has address 198.41.1.40

Looks like I'll need an actual hostname.

lamont

Message #24 received at 313229@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop>

To: <313229@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: bind9-host: Returns host: couldn't get address for '': not found

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:33:13 +0100

To reproduce this bug, put nameserver lines containing machine names
instead of IP addresses into resolv.conf - this is a configuration
error, but the error message is misleading and why aren't invalid
lines being ignored anyway?

There are some characters between the quote marks, but they
are not visible on all terminals. To capture them, direct the
output to a file and use something like less to view it.

Hope that helps,

-- 
MJ Ray (slef), K. Lynn, England, email see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/

Message #29 received at 313229-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bernhard Schmidt <berni@birkenwald.de>

To: 313229-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: bind9-host: Returns host: couldn't get address for '': not found

Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:14:28 +0100

Version: 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze8

This is fixed at least since squeeze (stable)

root@debtsmdev:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf 
nameserver resolver2.lrz.de
nameserver 10.156.33.53
nameserver 129.187.5.1
root@debtsmdev:~# host xxx.tld
Host xxx.tld not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
root@debtsmdev:~# host www.heise.de
www.heise.de has address 193.99.144.85
www.heise.de has IPv6 address 2a02:2e0:3fe:100::7

Bernhard

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