Index: dighost.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /proj/cvs/prod/bind9/bin/dig/dighost.c,v
retrieving revision 1.312
diff -u -r1.312 dighost.c
--- dighost.c	10 Dec 2008 22:33:54 -0000	1.312
+++ dighost.c	11 Dec 2008 17:41:04 -0000
@@ -2191,6 +2191,21 @@
 }
 
 static void
+force_timeout(dig_lookup_t *l, dig_query_t *query) {
+	isc_event_t *event;
+
+	event = isc_event_allocate(mctx, query, ISC_TIMEREVENT_IDLE,
+				   connect_timeout, l,
+				   sizeof(isc_event_t));
+	if (event == NULL) {
+		fatal("isc_event_allocate: %s",
+		      isc_result_totext(ISC_R_NOMEMORY));
+	}
+	isc_task_send(global_task, &event);
+}
+
+
+static void
 connect_done(isc_task_t *task, isc_event_t *event);
 
 /*%
@@ -2209,7 +2224,16 @@
 	l = query->lookup;
 	query->waiting_connect = ISC_TRUE;
 	query->lookup->current_query = query;
-	get_address(query->servname, port, &query->sockaddr);
+	result = get_address(query->servname, port, &query->sockaddr);
+	if (result == ISC_R_NOTFOUND) {
+		/*
+		 * This servname doesn't have an address.  Try the next server
+		 * by triggering an immediate 'timeout' (we lie, but the effect
+		 * is the same).
+		 */
+		force_timeout(l, query);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (specified_source &&
 	    (isc_sockaddr_pf(&query->sockaddr) !=
@@ -2282,7 +2306,12 @@
 	if (!query->recv_made) {
 		/* XXX Check the sense of this, need assertion? */
 		query->waiting_connect = ISC_FALSE;
-		get_address(query->servname, port, &query->sockaddr);
+		result = get_address(query->servname, port, &query->sockaddr);
+		if (result == ISC_R_NOTFOUND) {
+			/* This servname doesn't have an address. */
+			force_timeout(l, query);
+			return;
+		}
 
 		result = isc_socket_create(socketmgr,
 					   isc_sockaddr_pf(&query->sockaddr),
@@ -3235,7 +3264,7 @@
  * used in looking up server names, etc... and needs to use system-supplied
  * routines, since they may be using a non-DNS system for these lookups.
  */
-void
+isc_result_t
 get_address(char *host, in_port_t port, isc_sockaddr_t *sockaddr) {
 	int count;
 	isc_result_t result;
@@ -3244,9 +3273,11 @@
 	result = bind9_getaddresses(host, port, sockaddr, 1, &count);
 	isc_app_unblock();
 	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
-		fatal("couldn't get address for '%s': %s",
-		      host, isc_result_totext(result));
+		return (result);
+
 	INSIST(count == 1);
+
+	return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
 }
 
 /*%
Index: nslookup.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /proj/cvs/prod/bind9/bin/dig/nslookup.c,v
retrieving revision 1.117
diff -u -r1.117 nslookup.c
--- nslookup.c	18 Jun 2007 23:47:17 -0000	1.117
+++ nslookup.c	11 Dec 2008 17:41:04 -0000
@@ -441,13 +441,16 @@
 	dig_server_t *srv;
 	isc_sockaddr_t sockaddr;
 	dig_searchlist_t *listent;
+	isc_result_t result;
 
 	srv = ISC_LIST_HEAD(server_list);
 
 	while (srv != NULL) {
 		char sockstr[ISC_SOCKADDR_FORMATSIZE];
 
-		get_address(srv->servername, port, &sockaddr);
+		result = get_address(srv->servername, port, &sockaddr);
+		check_result(result, "get_address");
+
 		isc_sockaddr_format(&sockaddr, sockstr, sizeof(sockstr));
 		printf("Default server: %s\nAddress: %s\n",
 			srv->userarg, sockstr);
Index: include/dig/dig.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /proj/cvs/prod/bind9/bin/dig/include/dig/dig.h,v
retrieving revision 1.107
diff -u -r1.107 dig.h
--- include/dig/dig.h	3 Apr 2008 06:09:04 -0000	1.107
+++ include/dig/dig.h	11 Dec 2008 17:41:04 -0000
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 /*
  * Routines in dighost.c.
  */
-void
+isc_result_t
 get_address(char *host, in_port_t port, isc_sockaddr_t *sockaddr);
 
 isc_result_t