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> > The problem is in res_send(). In lib/libc/net/res_send.c line 577 in
> > FreeBSD-current we have:
> 
> Sigh.  Yes, that's it.  I found it an hour or so ago looking through
> things.  For a test, rebuilding libc with FD_SETSIZE=1024 then linking it
> against my test program worked fine.  

Btw, I just reported it to bind-bugs@isc.org and pointed out that as a
minimum a res_send() dependency on FD_SETSIZE should be documented.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no