Alexander Krotov: [BIND-BUGS #1023] Re: RFC 1876 (LOC RR)

[Paul A Vixie]

yo, chris!

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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:39:01 +0300
From: Alexander Krotov <ank at namesurfer.com>
To: bind-bugs at isc.org
Subject: [BIND-BUGS #1023] Re: RFC 1876 (LOC RR)
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Hi!

There is a (minor) bug in C code published in RFC1876 (LOC RR).
Seems the same bug is "borrowed" by BIND ;-)
Symptoms: if altitude value is negative and less than
1 meter '-' sign is not printed.
For instance altitude value -0.2m is printed as
'0.2m' both by dig and, which is more dangerous, named-xfer
version 8.2.2pl5.
The reason basicaly is a fact that 0*-1==0.

I have not checked BIND 9 rc1 yet.

Regards,
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Alexander Krotov	gsm: +358 40-725 7216
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