nslookup with Bind9 and absolutes

[Stephen Williams]

Hey all I have a strange thing going on with my boxes any box that I 
have installed Bind 9.x.x on when I try to do a nslookup at the root 
level I can't get a response can anyone help, ie. I try the following:

[root at vns1.noc /] 52# nslookup -sil
 > server a.root-servers.net
Default server: a.root-servers.net
Address: 198.41.0.4#53
 > com.
Server:         a.root-servers.net
Address:        198.41.0.4#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find com.: No answer
 >

Now on my box that I have Bind 8.2.3 installed on I can do this and it 
works, i.e. like so:

[root at charon /root] 53# nslookup
Default Server:  my.server.net
Address:  1.1.1.1

 > server a.root-servers.net
Default Server:  a.root-servers.net
Address:  198.41.0.4

 > com.
Server:  a.root-servers.net
Address:  198.41.0.4

Name:    com
Served by:
- A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          2001:503:a83e::2:30, 192.5.6.30
          com
- G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.42.93.30
          com
- H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.54.112.30
          com
- C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.26.92.30
          com
- I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.43.172.30
          com
- B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          2001:503:231d::2:30, 192.33.14.30
          com
- D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.31.80.30
          com
- L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.41.162.30
          com
- F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.35.51.30
          com
- J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
          192.48.79.30
          com


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-- 
Stephen T. Williams