From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 22 11:36:45 2006 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5258316A4D2 for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:36:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.droso.net [193.88.12.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 584B143F43 for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:19:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: by mail.droso.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 563541CDB0; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:19:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:19:24 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061022111923.GU80328@droso.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20061022095811.GA10743@zaphod.nitro.dk> <453B41EC.5060202@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Y5wfsVCgeKAcINk2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <453B41EC.5060202@FreeBSD.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/i386 6.2-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: Resolver not always resolving hostnames X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current <freebsd-current.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:36:45 -0000 --Y5wfsVCgeKAcINk2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:03:24PM +0200, Gbor Kvesdn wrote: > Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > >Hey, > > > >I think something odd is going on in the resolver. It seems like it > >doesn't resolve hostnames some of the time. It's not really easily > >reproducible, but I have seen it happen several times with cvsup where > >it can't resolve the cvsup server. If I re-run cvsup it works fine. > > > >I see it on recent -CURRNET's (server running cvsup below is October > >12, system running host(1) is October 15). > > > >The cvsup log: > > > >CVSup update begins at 2006-10-18 17:29:00 > >Updating from cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org > >Name lookup failure for "cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org": Host name lookup failed > >Updating local ncvs > >CVSup update ends at 2006-10-18 17:29:01 > > > >I also seen odd things happen with host(1). These two commands were > >run right after each other. I don't know if it's related, but I > >suspect it is. > > > >$ host cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org > >cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org is an alias for mirror03.inet.tele.dk. > >cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org is an alias for mirror03.inet.tele.dk. > >$ host cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org > >cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org is an alias for mirror03.inet.tele.dk. > >mirror03.inet.tele.dk has address 195.41.53.219 > >cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org is an alias for mirror03.inet.tele.dk. > >cvsup3.dk.freebsd.org is an alias for mirror03.inet.tele.dk. > > > >I only have one name-server in resolv.conf, so the problem isn't due > >to hitting different caching name-servers. > > > >Initially I thought it was a local problem for me, but joel@ has seen > >the same on RELENG_6 (from July 8), and xride@ has seen the > >same/similar with csup where his workaround was to ping the cvsup > >server before running csup. > > > >So, has anyone seen anything similar? Since I can't reproduce the > >issue at will I don't really know where to look for what's going on, > >and of course it could be DNS issue... > > > > =20 > Same here with csup vs. cvsup.hu.FreeBSD.org. If I resolve it elsewhere= =20 > and specify the ip address manually, it works just fine. Tomorrow's=20 > -current here on i386. >=20 <AOL> Same problem after upgrading from 6.1-PRERELEASE to 6.2-PRERELEASE (yearh, real releases are for children) on beastie (danish half of ftp.f.o). I have not seen it anywhere else but in the cvsup jobs on that particular machine, so I blamed outside causes before. Data point: Old install March 13, new install October 3rd. </AOL> -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Security is like an onion. (o_ _o) It's made up of several layers \\\_\ /_/// erwin@FreeBSD.org And it makes you cry. <____) (____> erwin@aauug.dk --Y5wfsVCgeKAcINk2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFO1O7qy9aWxUlaZARAj1nAJ9u7ykj7R2mKHOTrskyGrRb1WJquACglYB4 7OYpHyJuWUb2SLMglTvQ46I= =Uq51 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Y5wfsVCgeKAcINk2--