pinging a local nodename fails

I installed nsd as my local nameserver. But pinging "slowcat" faiis, though "slowcat.local.lan" succeeds. I seem to sorta-maybe-possibly-couldbe remember that ping doesn't like node-only names, but I can't remember either way for sure. Is there a problem with ping or would it be something more exciting? (I don't remember ever having these problems when I used bind).
 
The issue is not with ping(8), it's the way the host is trying to resolve a hostname without the domain part.
Set domain or search in /etc/resolv.conf:
Code:
search local.lan
Then everything will work with the 'short' name.
 
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