From: Evan Hunt <each@isc.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:43:07 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: host -a should use TCP
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=37a0479283eeefce94311ed82e6fedcefe90cf9e;p=thirdparty%2Fbind9.git

host -a should use TCP

"host -a" is documented as being equivalent to "host -v -t any",
but it uses UDP while the other uses TCP. This has been corrected.
---

diff --git a/bin/dig/host.c b/bin/dig/host.c
index 4156aec9a80..227b7a00e02 100644
--- a/bin/dig/host.c
+++ b/bin/dig/host.c
@@ -741,6 +741,9 @@ parse_args(bool is_batchfile, int argc, char **argv) {
 				lookup->rdtype = dns_rdatatype_any;
 			}
 			list_type = dns_rdatatype_any;
+			if (!lookup->tcp_mode_set) {
+				lookup->tcp_mode = true;
+			}
 			list_addresses = false;
 			lookup->rdtypeset = true;
 			short_form = false;
diff --git a/bin/dig/host.rst b/bin/dig/host.rst
index 71a736dde39..198e3b611c4 100644
--- a/bin/dig/host.rst
+++ b/bin/dig/host.rst
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ Options
 
 .. option:: -a
 
-   The :option:`-a` ("all") option is normally equivalent to :option:`-v` :option:`-t ANY <-t>`. It
-   also affects the behavior of the :option:`-l` list zone option.
+   The :option:`-a` ("all") option is equivalent to :option:`-v` :option:`-t ANY <-t>`.
 
 .. option:: -A