RPSL - what is going on?
Engin Gunduz engin at ripe.net
Wed May 23 17:04:37 CEST 2001
Dear Hank, all, On Wed, 23 May 2001, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > I've gone through all the RPSL pages listed at: > http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/rpsl/index.html > and am starting to wonder if its me that can't work with RPSL or everyone else. > > The documents on that page above have no consistency. Some are PDF, some > are HTML. > > Response time for getting a response to a reported problem is about 5-7 days. The response time on <ripe-dbm at ripe.net> mailbox is indeed higher than usual, but we are trying to give more priority to solving problems related to new software and urgent problems. > > There is no page of bugs found and what is still a bug and what has been > fixed (ala Cisco Release Notes). For example, I lost 5 days when I > couldn't create a nic-hdl. Turns out I was sending it in as "nic-hdl: > auto-1" and there is a bug where lower case "auto-1" doesn't work and one > has to use all uppercase. Such a bugs page will be prepared shortly in our external web site. For the record: The auto NIC handle problem has been solved already. Auto NIC handles are now case-insensitive. > > Now I have lost a day on fixing up an aut-num. I am trying to send in an > update as follows: > > >export: to AS2686 announce AS3339 AS6810 AS6875 AS8958 AS9117 AS12736 > > > > > >***Error: valid lines start with attribute names, spaces or # > > I have tried with the export tag on one line as well as split on two lines > as follows: > export: to AS2686 > announce AS3339 AS6810 AS6875 AS8958 AS9117 AS12736 I've digged our logs, and the object you've sent was something like: [..] import: from AS16370 action pref=100; accept ANY export: to AS2686 announce AS3339 AS6810 AS6875 AS8958 AS9117 AS12736 AS12818 AS15708 AS15975 AS16158 AS16370 export: to AS5585 announce AS3339 AS6810 AS6875 AS8958 AS9117 AS12736 AS12818 AS15708 AS15975 AS16158 AS16370 [..] Here, we must leave a white space in the beginning of continuation lines, for example, instead of: export: to AS2686 announce AS3339 AS6810 AS6875 AS8958 AS9117 AS12736 AS12818 AS15708 AS15975 AS16158 AS16370 we must say: export: to AS2686 announce AS3339 AS6810 AS6875 AS8958 AS9117 AS12736 AS12818 AS15708 AS15975 AS16158 AS16370 or it is also possible to put '+' in the beginning of the continuation lines, like: export: to AS2686 announce AS3339 AS6810 AS6875 AS8958 AS9117 + AS12736 AS12818 AS15708 AS15975 AS16158 AS16370 I hope this helps. We are trying our best to fix the problems you encounter, and sorry for any inconvenience caused, Best regards, Engin Gunduz RIPE NCC Database Group > > I just can't get auto-rpsl to accept the export tags. > > Sorry for the crossposting but I am wondering whether I am the only one who > is hitting all these problems? > > Thanks, > Hank
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