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doc: note about dns ANY queries / RFC 8482 #26695

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Expand Up @@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ Here is an example of the `ret` object passed to the callback:
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Note that the operator of a DNS server might choose not to respond to `ANY`
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queries. It may be better to call individual methods like [`dns.resolve4()`][],
[`dns.resolveMx()`][], and so on. For more details, see [RFC 8482][].

## dns.resolveCname(hostname, callback)
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[DNS error codes]: #dns_error_codes
[Implementation considerations section]: #dns_implementation_considerations
[rfc5952]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952#section-6
[RFC 8482]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8482
[supported `getaddrinfo` flags]: #dns_supported_getaddrinfo_flags