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Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: [CFR] reflect resolv.conf update to running application
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On Saturday 20 August 2005 01:30 pm, Julian Elischer wrote:
> Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Our resolver reads resolv.conf once, and never re-read it.  Recent
> > OpenBSD changed to re-read resolv.conf when it is updated.  I believe
> > it is useful specially for mobile environment.  So, I made a patch for
> > our resolver.  Please review it.
>
>  From a very quick read I couldn't see when it does the update.
> does it do it of EVERY lookup or only after a failed lookup?

Looks like it checks to see if the file mod date has changed on every looku=
p=20
since he changed the code to always call _res_init() instead of only when t=
he=20
INIT flag was clear.

=2D-=20
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