From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 12:18:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A47E116A400; Thu, 31 May 2007 12:18:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CFA13C45B; Thu, 31 May 2007 12:18:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from broadpark.no ([217.13.4.96]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JIW004I1NIPO8B0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no>; Thu, 31 May 2007 14:18:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [80.202.4.60] (Forwarded-For: [88.90.75.193]) by bgo1mstore1.broadpark.no (mshttpd); Thu, 31 May 2007 14:18:25 +0200 Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:18:25 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?= To: bind9-bugs@isc.org Message-id: <4e3998c7e72.465ed931@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Cc: misc@openbsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:18:26 -0000 Hello! I've long wondered where this error message comes from: "hostname nor servname provided, or not known" So I grepped my FreeBSD source code and found out it actually belongs to BIND9. It has to be the worst written error message in history. Any chance you can change it? Perhaps to something like: "Address unknown, or not provided." To avoid such mistakes in the future, I would recommend reading: http://www.goodcopywriting.com With that being said, thank you for such wonderful nameserver software! Thank you, Kyrre