Description of problem: using /usr/bin/dig to analyse dns tree. When quering for hostrecord its no problem. When +trace is used /usr/bin/dig is unable to resolve query. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): DiG 9.7.2-P3-RedHat-9.7.2-1.P3.fc13 How reproducible: dig 1.11.228.81.in-addr.arpa PTR - resolves correctly dig 1.11.228.81.in-addr.arpa PTR +trace - unable to resolve Steps to Reproduce: 1. try to query normal dig - resolves as expected 2. try to trace dns tree - hangs 3. Actual results: +trace makes dig timeout Expected results: Should work Additional info: My system is dual stacked. I think that has something to do with it. however, using -4 option to /usr/bin/dig it resolves nicely.
Anyway, after much debugging/trubbelshooting, the problem is solved. Apparently it was a router in the network, which stopped the returnig udp packets. But think it still is strange that /usr/bin/dig would not resolv because it "knows" that there are IPv4 connectivity. But perhaps it is another matter. case closed. -- Svante
You are right there is a bug in the dig utility which prevents +trace working correctly. You can trigger this bug when your machine is in the IPv6 LAN but this LAN has IPv4-only connectivity to Internet. In this case dig +trace fails as you wrote above and "-4" parameter is a workaround.
bind-9.7.3-1.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bind-9.7.3-1.fc14
bind-9.7.3-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bind-9.7.3-1.fc15
bind-9.7.3-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bind-9.7.3-1.fc13
bind-9.7.3-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 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: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bind-9.7.3-1.fc14
bind-9.7.3-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
bind-9.7.3-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
bind-9.7.3-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.