[Pdns-dev] Pdns-dev Digest, Vol 104, Issue 6

[Seema Datar]

Thanks Ruben.

-Seema


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> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:20:26 +0530
> From: Seema Datar <sdatar at yahoo-inc.com>
> Subject: [Pdns-dev] Question regarding PDNS testing
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> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to write the backend implementation for PDNS 3.1. I have
> implemented the 4 methods ? list, get, getSOA and lookup.  The lookup
> implementation I could test using the dig command on my pdns installation.
> However, I had a question on how I can test the getSOA, list and get
> implementations without writing unit tests for them. Will they get invoked on
> providing certain dig options?
> 
> Thanks,
> Seema
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> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:14:50 +0200
> From: Ruben d'Arco <cyclops at prof-x.net>
> Subject: Re: [Pdns-dev] Question regarding PDNS testing
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> Hi Seema,
> 
> If you get the correct result with dig, your lookup(), get() and getSOA() are
> working.
> You do not have to implement getSOA as the ueberbackend has a default
> implementation which uses lookup() and get() to retrieve the same information.
> 
> The list() is used for AXFR, so a dig AXFR will trigger that.
> 
> You might also want to consider having a look at the regression-tests folder
> in the source tree. The start-test-stop script can easily be extended to
> support your backend. I've used this for the tinydnsbackend and it works
> wonders to validate that the backend is operating correctly.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Ruben
> 
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:20:26AM +0530, Seema Datar wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am trying to write the backend implementation for PDNS 3.1. I have
>> implemented the 4 methods ? list, get, getSOA and lookup.  The lookup
>> implementation I could test using the dig command on my pdns installation.
>> However, I had a question on how I can test the getSOA, list and get
>> implementations without writing unit tests for them. Will they get invoked on
>> providing certain dig options?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Seema
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