Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:58:36 +1000 From: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resolver doesn't like 1.2.3.04 in /etc/hosts Message-ID: <200510261358.j9QDwaBb097354@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:49:01 %2B0100." <Pine.GSO.4.62.0510261446330.1375@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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> I don't know whether this is worth filing a PR for, but it seems the > resolver no longer likes leading zeroes in an IP4 address in /etc/hosts. > The change (in 5- ) appeared sometime in the last month or two. > > Personally I'm inclined to view this as a regression although it's > simple enough to work around. Leading zeros are ambigious. Some platforms treat them as octal others treat them as decimal. Mark > Cheers, > jan > > -- > jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ > Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ > Unfortunately, I have a very good idea how fast my keys are moving. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org
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