Only inital result set is returned when specifying multiple IRR sources about bgpq3 HOT 2 CLOSED

On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 02:48:25AM -0700, Henrik Thostrup Jensen wrote:

Is this intentional? If I specify multiple sources, I'd expect the result from
both to be included.

Please, note that bgpq3 does not perform multiple per-source searches
itself, -S just instructs IRRD what sources to use before
invoking search commands:

snar@fri:~/compile/bgpq3>./bgpq3 -jf1 -ddddS jpirr,ripe AS-SINET
DEBUG: bgpq_expander.c:742 bgpq_expand Acquired sendbuf of 1065728 bytes
DEBUG: bgpq_expander.c:771 bgpq_expand Requesting sources !sjpirr,ripe
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DEBUG: bgpq_expander.c:775 bgpq_expand Got answer C
DEBUG: bgpq_expander.c:597 bgpq_expand_irrd expander: sending '!iAS-SINET,1

And, as per irrd user manual (http://www.irrd.net/irrd-user.pdf, p. 35):

[quote starts]
The !i command searches the databases in the order specified by the user and
returns when it finds an object. When the ,1 option is specified to indicate
embedded set expansion, the command will expand embedded sets using the
database where the set was found. The other database sources, as specified by
the user, will only be used when a match is not found in the source in which
the set was found.
Therefore in the above sample command !iAS-ICINET,1, assuming the specified
search order is RADB, RIPE, Cable & Wireless, and the embedded set AS-LTINET
is found in the RIPE registry, AS-LTINET will be expanded first in the RIPE
registry, rather than in the RADB.
[/quote ends]

So, yes, this is intended behaviour (of IRRd).

from bgpq3.

Fair enough.

I would update the bgpq3 help output though. Right now it says:

-S sources: use only specified sources (default: RADB,RIPE,APNIC)

The use of plural is pretty confusing and does not match the above.

from bgpq3.