Package: dnsutils
Version: 1:9.3.2-2
Severity: minor
The nsupdate man page looks as if some material got stripped out in
intermediate processing. If that is the case, it would be good to add
it back. If it's not the case, it would be good to reword so it's
clearer.
For example
" The command formats and their meaning are as follows:
Sends all dynamic update requests to the name server
servername. When no server statement is provided, nsupdate will
send updates to the master server of the correct zone. The MNAME field of that
zone's SOA
record will identify the master server for that zone. port is
the port number on servername where the dynamic update requests get sent. If no
port number
is specified, the default DNS port number of 53 is used.
Sends all dynamic update requests using the local
address. When no local statement is provided, nsupdate will send
updates using an address and port chosen by the system. port can additionally
be used to
make requests come from a specific port. If no port number is
specified, the system will assign one.
"
It looks as if there should be a command or something that is the
subject of "Sends all dynamic update requests...." What sends the
request?
I hope once the gaps are filled in the command language of the input
will be apparent. It's not now, at least to me. The RFC referenced
does not define a command language, as far as I can tell (that is, it
defines a protocol for exchanging messages to do dynamic update, but
not how to type commands to nsupdate).
Ah, here's a man page from the web
(http://man.linuxquestions.org/index.php?query=nsupdate&type=2§ion=8)
" The command formats and their meaning are as follows:
server servername [ port ]
Sends all dynamic update requests to the name server servername.
When no server statement is provided, nsupdate will send updates
to the master server of the correct zone. The MNAME field of
that zone's SOA record will identify the master server for that
zone. port is the port number on servername where the dynamic
update requests get sent. If no port number is specified, the
default DNS port number of 53 is used.
local address [ port ]
Sends all dynamic update requests using the local address. When
no local statement is provided, nsupdate will send updates using
an address and port chosen by the system. port can additionally
be used to make requests come from a specific port. If no port
number is specified, the system will assign one."
So
server servername [ port ]
local address [ port ]
(for example) are missing on Debian
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (990, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27advncdfs
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages dnsutils depends on:
ii host 20000331-9 utility for querying DNS servers
ii libbind9-0 1:9.3.2-2 BIND9 Shared Library used by BIND
ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdns21 1:9.3.2-2 DNS Shared Library used by BIND
ii libisc11 1:9.3.2-2 ISC Shared Library used by BIND
ii libisccfg1 1:9.3.2-2 Config File Handling Library used
ii liblwres9 1:9.3.2-2 Lightweight Resolver Library used
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8a-8 SSL shared libraries
dnsutils recommends no packages.
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