Description of problem: I have a mix of ipv4 and ipv6 DNS servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf: % grep -v '^#' /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 2001:468:c80:2101:0:100:0:22 nameserver 2001:468:c80:6101:0:100:0:62 nameserver 198.82.247.66 nameserver 198.82.247.34 nameserver 198.82.247.98 Using 'host -4' fails: % host -4 listserv.vt.edu host: couldn't get address for '2001:468:c80:2101:0:100:0:22': address family not supported Even though the actual target exists: % host -6 listserv.vt.edu listserv.vt.edu has address 198.82.161.192 listserv.vt.edu has IPv6 address 2001:468:c80:2105:211:43ff:feda:d769 listserv.vt.edu mail is handled by 0 smtp.vt.edu. 'host -4' *should* have gone ahead and tried the 3 listed IPv4 servers. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): bind-utils-9.5.1-0.8.b2.fc10.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I've also opened bug #469441 against RHEL 5.2 for this.
Right you are, patch is commited in CVS. Fix will be available as F10 update.
bind-9.5.1-0.9.b3.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bind-9.5.1-0.9.b3.fc10
bind-9.5.1-0.9.b3.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update bind'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/f10/FEDORA-2008-10000
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 development cycle. Changing version to '10'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
bind-9.5.1-0.9.b3.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.