GNU bug report logs - #56432
run-dig vs dig -- do we need both?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 08:38:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 56432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 56432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56432: run-dig vs dig -- do we need both?
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:27:52 +0200

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> For extra credit, add a ʼserverʼ arg to a wrapper around `dns-query',
> and obsolete `dig' as well.

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

On the other hand, I don't know whether the dig executable is available
on Windows.

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