My round-robin not behaving

[Joseph S D Yao]

> >QCT wrote:
> >> I expect to see
> >> >foo
> >> Name:    foo.blat.com
> >> Addresses:  1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8
> >> 
> >> >foo
> >> Name:    foo.blat.com
> >> Addresses:  5.6.7.8, 1.2.3.4
> >> 
> >> and back and forth, REGULARLY.  This is not the case.  I see 1-to-1, 2-to-2, 2-to-3, 1-to-3 round-robin and the behavior is completely unpredictable.  Is there a randomizing switch somewhere that I have overlooked?
> >
> >(1) yes, but
> >(2) have you checked your logs to determine whether your observed
> >results are only part of a larger pattern?
> 
> That was the first thing I thought of, so I fired up named on my test box.  Nobody is using this one except me and I observe same behavior as the production box.
> 
> QCT

Per your logs?  E.g., if you are using 'nslookup' ON that box, it does
a reverse lookup before the forward lookup, which could mess up your
results.

Assuming you have done everything perfectly, and your logs confirm this
odd result, then I don't know what to say.  It's a part of the code I
haven't read yet.  I may get time before the next milleniumm arrives.
[In 16 months.]  I'm still getting ready for the last year of the 20th
century.

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