--- bind-9.3.1/bin/dig/dighost.c.next_server_on_referral	2005-07-07 13:19:29.000000000 -0400

+++ bind-9.3.1/bin/dig/dighost.c	2005-07-07 14:30:38.000000000 -0400

@@ -2765,7 +2765,15 @@

 		UNLOCK_LOOKUP;

 		return;

 	}			

-	if (msg->rcode == dns_rcode_servfail && !l->servfail_stops) {

+	if ( (!l->servfail_stops)

+	   &&( (msg->rcode == dns_rcode_servfail)

+	     ||(  (msg->rcode == dns_rcode_noerror) 

+	        &&(msg->counts[DNS_SECTION_ANSWER] == 0)

+		&&((msg->flags & (DNS_MESSAGEFLAG_AA | DNS_MESSAGEFLAG_RA)) == 0)

+	       )

+	     )

+	   )

+	{

 		dig_query_t *next = ISC_LIST_NEXT(query, link);

 		if (l->current_query == query)

 			l->current_query = NULL;

@@ -2783,9 +2791,11 @@

 		 */

 		if ((ISC_LIST_HEAD(l->q) != query) ||

 		    (ISC_LIST_NEXT(query, link) != NULL)) {

-			printf(";; Got SERVFAIL reply from %s, "

-			       "trying next server\n",

-			       query->servname);

+		        if( l->comments == ISC_TRUE )

+			        printf(";; Got %s reply from %s, "

+				       "trying next server\n",

+				       msg->rcode == dns_rcode_servfail ? "SERVFAIL" : "referral",

+				       query->servname);

 			clear_query(query);

 			check_next_lookup(l);

 			dns_message_destroy(&msg;;