Heyla,
anyone else getting this?

% dig @a.root-servers.net. example.com. ns 

; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @a.root-servers.net. example.com. ns
; Bad server: a.root-servers.net. -- using default server and timer opts
[...rest deleted...]

Moving /etc/resolv.conf out of the way gives the same.

Regards,
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