Error handling in "pdnsutil check zone"

[krionbsd]

• Program: Authoritative
• Issue type: Bug report

Short description

pdnsutil check zone should check only given zone

Environment

• Operating system: FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE
• Software version: PowerDNS Auth 4.1.0 + DNSSEC

Steps to reproduce

1. Generate any random 256 char name: cat /dev/urandom | env LC_CTYPE=C tr -cd 'a-f0-9' | head -c 256
2. Update zone file: echo "0e8f032ef4efae5740248de6c69b30c2b15ef98b8647cbb824a64e129e20add35cab929ea20191d69e40eb859f0adf0b49e1b7229dd1a3991981e28d3c0ad74cb6d87d2b5af686196815d5f5868ab9a0590269e890cdc5f4a4d262d1d8b9023c8f0a46206fc138b65c2474f79c0cd9ff4743356a666670d2f355fe79321c3832 IN A IPv4" >> krion.cc.zone
3. Error message "Error: name too long to append" appears in /var/log/messages
4. dns:/usr/local/etc/pdns/zones # pdnsutil check-zone krion.cc Jan 05 20:49:41 Caught an exception instantiating a backend, cleaning up Error: name too long to append dns:/usr/local/etc/pdns/zones # pdnsutil check-zone bsdop.net Jan 05 20:49:43 Caught an exception instantiating a backend, cleaning up Error: name too long to append

pdnsutil checks bsdop.net and produces error for krion.cc zone.

Expected behaviour

"pdnsutil check zone" checks given zone only

Actual behaviour

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