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.IX Title "Net::DNS::FAQ 3pm"
.TH Net::DNS::FAQ 3pm "2022-12-31" "perl v5.36.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Net::DNS::FAQ \- Frequently Asked Net::DNS Questions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This document serves to answer the most frequently asked questions on both the
Net::DNS Mailing List and those sent to the author.
.PP
The latest version of this \s-1FAQ\s0 can be found at
	<http://www.net\-dns.org/docs/FAQ.html>
.SH "GENERAL"
.IX Header "GENERAL"
.SS "What is Net::DNS?"
.IX Subsection "What is Net::DNS?"
Net::DNS is a perl implementation of a \s-1DNS\s0 resolver.
.SH "INSTALLATION"
.IX Header "INSTALLATION"
.SS "Where can I find Test::More?"
.IX Subsection "Where can I find Test::More?"
Test::More is part of the Test-Simple package, by Michael G Schwern.
You should be able to find the distribution at
	<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test\-Simple/>
.SH "USAGE"
.IX Header "USAGE"
.ie n .SS "Why does $resolver\->\fBquery()\fP return undef when the answer section is empty?"
.el .SS "Why does \f(CW$resolver\fP\->\fBquery()\fP return undef when the answer section is empty?"
.IX Subsection "Why does $resolver->query() return undef when the answer section is empty?"
The short answer is, do not use \fBquery()\fR.
\&\f(CW$resolver\fR\->\fBsend()\fR will always return the response packet,
as long as a response was received.
.PP
The longer answer is that \fBquery()\fR is modeled after the \fBres_query()\fR function
from the libresolv C library, which has similar behavior.
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
.Vb 1
\& $Id: FAQ.pod 1709 2018\-09\-07 08:03:09Z willem $
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