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On 29-Nov-18 06:21, Christian Weiske wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hello,
I'm trying to use dig version 9.10.3 to test my local DNS
server which listens on IPv6 only.
I only get an error when running dig:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">$ dig @2a01:488:66:1000:53a9:2dde:0:1 cweiske.de
couldn't get address for '2a01:488:66:1000:53a:53': not found
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<p>This looks like a typo. And the error doesn't match the command
given.</p>
<p>I suspect that your actual 'dig' command was 'dig
@2a01:488:66:1000:53a:53 cweiske.de', which will reproduce the
error.<br>
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<p>'2a01:488:66:1000:53a:53' is not an IPv6 address. You are
missing a :: or a couple of words. (There should be 8 16-bit
words delimited by ':', or a single '::' ellipsis to represent a
run of zeroes.) Since it doesn't parse as an IPv6 address, dig
(probably getaddrinfo()) tried to translate the string as a
hostname. Hence the error.<br>
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<p>It's really not in anyone's interest when people post obfuscated
questions...<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Timothe Litt
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