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@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