Yes, I also have no objection to the behavior. I think the man page could be tweaked to be a little. Something like the following.
- If no server argument is provided, dig consults /etc/resolv.conf and queries the name servers listed there. + If no server argument is provided, dig consults /etc/resolv.conf and if an IPv4 or IPv6 address is found there (depending upon which transport has been selected), queries the name server at that address. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011307 Title: dig(1) says that dig queries servers listed in resolv.conf, but this is not always the case To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/+bug/1011307/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
