Semantics of the "host" utility

Hello there,

I am trying to find out the nameservers for a 2nd level domainname at
the ccTLD nameservers. This /used/ to work:

host -t ns <domain> ns.domain-registry.nl

However, since a recent 'host' version (unfortunately I'm not sure
which), the utility gives me this:

# host -t NS microsoft.nl ns.domain-registry.nl
microsoft.nl NS record currently not present at ns.domain-registry.nl

I can get the nameservers bij using the debug option (-d) and grepping
for "IN NS" but this is an ugly solution:

# host -d -t NS microsoft.nl ns.domain-registry.nl
;; res_send()
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16152
;; flags: rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; microsoft.nl, type = NS, class = IN
;; Querying server (# 1) udp address = 193.176.144.2
;; got answer, 79 bytes:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16152
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; microsoft.nl, type = NS, class = IN
microsoft.nl. 1D IN NS dns1.calanza.net.
microsoft.nl. 1D IN NS dns2.calanza.net.
;; Query failed, 0 answers, status: no error
microsoft.nl NS record currently not present at ns.domain-registry.nl

What is the preferred way to find out the auth nameservers for a 2nd
level domain through DNS and using 'host'?

Thanks!
Willem

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