From 2b18bcf3d9c38e415121f609d121e5ffa142cf72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aki Tuomi <cmouse@desteem.org>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 14:46:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Added warning if trailing dot is used.

---
 pdns/packethandler.cc | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pdns/packethandler.cc b/pdns/packethandler.cc
index 549cac397..5ac164568 100644
--- a/pdns/packethandler.cc
+++ b/pdns/packethandler.cc
@@ -1372,7 +1372,12 @@ DNSPacket *PacketHandler::questionOrRecurse(DNSPacket *p, bool *shouldRecurse)
       DLOG(L<<"Have unauth data, so need to hunt for best NS records"<<endl);
       if(tryReferral(p, r, sd, target))
         goto sendit;
-      L<<Logger::Error<<"Should not get here ("<<p->qdomain<<"|"<<p->qtype.getCode()<<"): please run pdnssec rectify-zone "<<sd.qname<<endl;
+      // check whether this could be fixed easily
+      if (*(rr.qname.rbegin()) == '.') {
+           L<<Logger::Error<<"Should not get here ("<<p->qdomain<<"|"<<p->qtype.getCode()<<"): you have a trailing dot, this could be the problem (or run pdnssec rectify-zone " <<sd.qname<<")"<<endl;
+      } else {
+           L<<Logger::Error<<"Should not get here ("<<p->qdomain<<"|"<<p->qtype.getCode()<<"): please run pdnssec rectify-zone "<<sd.qname<<endl;
+      }
     }
     else {
       DLOG(L<<"Have some data, but not the right data"<<endl);
-- 
2.50.1