From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 31 10:35:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05CF916A4CE for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 10:35:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from watcher.puryear-it.com (ip-66-186-248-99.static.eatel.net [66.186.248.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA6E443D39 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 10:35:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dap99@i-55.com) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by watcher.puryear-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB6A34D6E; Mon, 31 May 2004 12:30:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from watcher.puryear-it.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (watcher.puryear-it.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 71433-04; Mon, 31 May 2004 12:30:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from yourqqh4336axf (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by watcher.puryear-it.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 21D3734D36; Mon, 31 May 2004 12:30:34 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <01ac01c44735$9cd1f220$6501a8c0@yourqqh4336axf> From: "adp" To: "Giorgos Keramidas" , "Matthew Seaman" , References: <036501c44668$3b35ef30$6501a8c0@yourqqh4336axf> <20040531031209.GA3089@gothmog.gr> <016f01c446bf$29bdf7f0$6501a8c0@yourqqh4336axf> <20040531033857.GB3260@gothmog.gr> <20040531072033.GB50113@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040531081617.GA35577@gothmog.gr> Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:34:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2739.300 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Subject: Re: Can I specify the resolver timeout? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 17:35:47 -0000 It would be nice to see this in 4.10 or 4.11 (if there will be one). We aren't looking to move to 5.x within the next several months, if not longer. FreeBSD is just too stable to upgrade. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giorgos Keramidas" To: "Matthew Seaman" ; "adp" ; Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:16 AM Subject: Re: Can I specify the resolver timeout? > On 2004-05-31 08:20, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 06:38:58AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Hmmm, I *am* running 5.X. Looking at the manpage source I see that this > > > option's missing from the 4.X sources :( > > > > This came up on the list quite recently. The source for the FreeBSD > > resolver.5 man page (/usr/src/share/man/man5/resolver.5) is maintained > > separately from the equivalent BIND source contributed from the ISC > > (/usr/src/contrib/bind/doc/man/resolver.5) The 'timeout:' and > > 'attempts:' entries in the FreeBSD man page are there in HEAD and have > > been for 5 months, but (despite the CVS comment on version 1.10 of the > > page) haven't been MFC'd to RELENG_4 or RELENG_5_2 yet. > > > > Whether this means that support is available in the underlying > > resolver libraries is another question. > > I just looked at the sources of src/lib/libc/net/res_init.c and it seems > that support for "timeout:" only exists in CURRENT. RELENG_4, > RELENG_5_0, RELENG_5_1 and RELENG_5_2 lack the part of res_init.c that > sets the timeout to the value configured in the `resolv.conf' file. > > I'm not sure if there are any plans to merge this back to 4.X or the > release branches of 5.X though. > > - Giorgos > >