Net::DN...r::Base(3)

🦋 NAME

Okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for Net::DNS::Resolver::Base — the DNS resolver base class 💅

Quick note on the header: the top line of this page literally reads Net::DN...r::Base(3) from User Contributed Perl Documentation, and the footer says the same thing. That's just the terminal being dramatic and truncating the name — the actual class is Net::DNS::Resolver::Base. Iykyk 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use base qw(Net::DNS::Resolver::Base);

That's it. That's the whole vibe. You inherit from this bad boy 😌

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This class is the common base class for all the different platform sub-classes of Net::DNS::Resolver. Like, it's the mother of the family tree, the main character energy that all the platform-specific subclasses inherit from 👑

🚨 Important, no cap: no user serviceable parts inside. This is not the class you're looking for. For all your resolving needs, go see Net::DNS::Resolver instead — that's the one that actually does stuff ✨

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

new, domain, searchlist, nameserver, nameservers, search, query, send, bgsend, bgbusy, bgread, axfr, force_v4, force_v6, prefer_v4, prefer_v6, dnssec, srcaddr, tsig, udppacketsize, print, string, errorstring, replyfrom

See Net::DNS::Resolver 💫

That's the whole methods section — not me being lazy, fr fr, this page is just pointing you at the real one 🫶

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c)2003,2004 Chris Reinhardt.

Portions Copyright (c)2005 Olaf Kolkman.

Portions Copyright (c)2014-2017 Dick Franks.

All rights reserved.

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🌈 LICENSE 🌈

Bestie, this is the legal bit so I'm keeping the words exactly as they are — do not come for me, I'm just the messenger 🙈

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the original copyright notices appear in all copies and that both copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific prior written permission.

And the shouty part, which is shouty for a reason (legal reasons 💀):

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Translation: it's free to use, copy, modify and distribute, no fee needed — just keep the copyright notices around, and don't use the author's name to promote stuff without specific prior written permission. And if it breaks? That's on you, not them. Periodt. 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• perl
• Net::DNS
• Net::DNS::Resolver

Go read Net::DNS::Resolver first, that's where the actual resolving happens, I promise 🧚

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And that's the whole page, bestie! 🎀 This one shipped as part of perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-09-02, under the footer name Net::DN...r::Base(3) — go forth and resolve responsibly ✨💜