[Bug 675] nslookup does not properly use second argument [SERVER]

[bugzilla at busybox.net]

https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=675

--- Comment #12 from Gordon Lack <gordon.lack at dsl.pipex.com> ---
This is still an issue in 1.36.1.

Entware uses busybox and I have this installed on my Asus routers.

This is the result of trying to specify a server

[asus2]: nslookup birdman.dynalias.org 8.8.8.8
Server:    8.8.8.8
Address 1: 8.8.8.8 dns.google

Name:      birdman.dynalias.org
Address 1: 192.168.1.240 birdman.dynalias.org

but that address is from the local resolver (hence the local address) not the
one from Google's resolvers.

The correct answer (at the moment) is:

[asus2]: host birdman.dynalias.org 8.8.8.8
Using domain server:
Name: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
Aliases: 

birdman.dynalias.org has address 92.16.225.130


It does read resolv.conf, but even moving that out of the way or replacing the
nameserver line in there with 8.8.8.8 doesn't stop it using the local address.

And that is because it is reading the local hosts file, even though a specific
server is given.

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