Maintenance Blog

Dear all,

We have new release version 1.18 of Net::DNS.

This release includes

• Updated root hints, with the new IP address for b.root-servers.net.
• A bugfix for failing Net::DNS::ZoneFile->parse() when an include directory was specified.
• A bugfix for broken resolution when /etc/resolv.conf had an ndots option.
• A change in terminology: A DNS reply is not called “answer” anymore to avoid disambiguate. This change applies to a few function names too:
  • Net::DNS::Packet::from() replaces answerfrom()
  • Net::DNS::Packet::size() replaces answersize()
  • Net::DNS::Resolver::replyfrom() replaces answerfrom().

  The old function names will remain for backwards compatibility.

• Overall improved documentation

See also the Changes file.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression