Subject: Re: bug#56432: run-dig vs dig -- do we need both?

From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 16:33:56 +0200

>>>>> On Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:27:52 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> said:

    Lars> Robert Pluim <[email-masked]> writes:
    >> For extra credit, add a ʼserverʼ arg to a wrapper around `dns-query',
    >> and obsolete `dig' as well.

    Lars> dns.el requires UDP, I think, so it wouldn't work on Windows?  (Nor all
    Lars> DNS servers support TCP.)

It falls back to TCP on windows, so yes, it would not work with the
small minority of servers that donʼt support TCP.

All we need is Someone™ to fix UDP support on Windows.

Robert
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