Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:55:57 -0700 From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, peter@wemm.org Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: new resolver libraries (Was: Re: new kldpath(8): display/modify the module search path) Message-ID: <01062112555704.43555@brother> In-Reply-To: <200106211952.MAA11812@usr05.primenet.com> References: <200106211952.MAA11812@usr05.primenet.com>
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On Thursday 21 June 2001 12:52 pm, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Peter Wemm wrote:
> ] > Likewise, the lack of a parallel, asynchronous resolver is a
> ] > serious deficit in FreeBSD, which is the result of jamming
> ] > the recolver into libc "because libresolv is how SVR4 and
> ] > Linux do it, and it would be a pain to go through and change
> ] > the network using ports to include the library linkage for
> ] > the one time it would be necessary".
> ]
> ] Full, complete patches to remove res_* from libc would be welcome.
> ] "Full" and "Complete" means the *entire* tree. For it to be useful
> ] it needs to be relative to -current. You probably need to do
> ] some tweaks to the ports *.mk files for ports that do a 'getXXXbyYYY()'.
> ]
> ] I await your submission. If not, then shut up.
>
> What an absolutely brilliant approach to solving the problem.
>
> I had only considered importing a libresolv into /usr/src/lib/libresolv,
> and then switching ports and programs over gradually, and then at the
> end, when everything worked, removing the old, lousy resolver code from
> libc so that the transition would have the least possible impact on
> everyone.
So if the resolver is going to be replaced, please, please include
the DNS sortlist code in the new resolver. I have seen cases were
that has been broken (getaddrinfo(3)). It is an absoulte requirement
for us to have this.
- JimP
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