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26.1; dig doesn't process parameters correctly when called interactivly

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From: Jens Lange <jens.lange.de <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.1;
 dig doesn't process parameters correctly when called interactivly
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 03:50:32 +0200

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Using GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2018-05-30

How to reproduce:
1. Call dig interactively.
2. Enter: heise.de MX

Observed results:
...
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;heise.de\032MX.            IN  A
...
Expected results:
...
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;heise.de.                      IN      MX
...

Workaround:
Evalutating (dig "heise.de" "MX") gives expected results.
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Mit freundlichen Grüssen / With kind regards:
Jens Lange

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jens Lange <jens.lange.de <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31810: 26.1;
 dig doesn't process parameters correctly when called interactivly
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:25:20 +0300

severity 31810 wishlist
thanks

> From: Jens Lange <jens.lange.de <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 03:50:32 +0200
> 
> Using GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2018-05-30
> 
> How to reproduce:
> 1. Call dig interactively.
> 2. Enter: heise.de MX
> 
> Observed results:
> ...
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;heise.de\032MX.            IN  A
> ...
> Expected results:
> ...
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;heise.de.                      IN      MX
> ...

"M-x dig" doesn't support the feature you expect when invoked
interactively: it only asks about the host, but doesn't support
getting the TYPE argument from the user.  You cannot provide both the
host and the type by typing a string with a blank, because the command
interprets that as the name of a host to query about.

IOW, this is a missing feature, not a bug.  Patches to add the missing
capabilities in interactive usage are welcome.

Thanks.

Message #15 received at 31810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jens Lange <jens.lange.de <at> gmail.com>, 31810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31810: 26.1; dig doesn't process parameters correctly when
 called interactivly
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:52:04 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> "M-x dig" doesn't support the feature you expect when invoked
> interactively: it only asks about the host, but doesn't support
> getting the TYPE argument from the user.  You cannot provide both the
> host and the type by typing a string with a blank, because the command
> interprets that as the name of a host to query about.
>
> IOW, this is a missing feature, not a bug.  Patches to add the missing
> capabilities in interactive usage are welcome.

I've now added this to Emacs 28 -- `C-u M-x dig' will prompt for a query
type.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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