Exception when no TXT record exists about dnspython HOT 2 CLOSED

On Sep 23, 2013, at 9:16, max [email protected] wrote:

When querying the TXT record of a domain that has no the following exception occours:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".\client\patch.py", line 838, in _update
File ".\lib.bin\dns\resolver.py", line 974, in query
File ".\lib.bin\dns\resolver.py", line 905, in query
File ".\lib.bin\dns\resolver.py", line 137, in init
AttributeError: 'GenericRdata' object has no attribute 'target'
On Linux (Ubuntu) I don't see such an error, I don't know if it exists on Mac but it defInitely exists on Windows. Testet with the current stable and master

Are you using some tool to make a standalone executable? If so, dnspython's dynamic loading of types likely fools the tool. (dnspython only loads the implementations for types when needed. If you get generic rdata when a specific type is expected, as in this case, it means that dnspython tried to import dns.rdtypes.ANY.CNAME and failed.

You can fix this by adding imports for the types you need explicitly to your script.

/Bob

from dnspython.

This solved my issue.

Thanks and greets
Max

from dnspython.