From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 16 14:27:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA6916A419 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:27:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pawel.worach@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B6D413C457 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:27:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pawel.worach@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so97013uge.37 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:27:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hc3FbpfgYe6+Z7chrYyWqL7SP4qnDzCyg7HCz/zp+1M=; b=mpk9nPxwSaWB0I0Egq7Vve6lD7mKxIjVvpGdRjEU2uIkwcMZSFd2JYR/S0oWcejhSSf324eZONnfcXA7D4jFMcYF+ZAeb8GjuayKYGrXeI0WHzjn4v04Pdooat0NQc08ln6VBsJK/fVsaQbZNE6s/7NeraQCTxFp+eaJpWa/5/4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cBc+g3diDKM9Lgd5CBTh/dtBJ1p7loljxmNIBq88P0V38YSP5Jh9VYrhPC+8oMj/SNd5M48yrP5lq2ntBVVDwEf2SnzCwscXGX9Ol6m+iSnpCAbR1KSqR3M0Vo/iNYs5276k/3Tyic22Hs0nVqQxYfimelq3bzBVjARTRajszpc= Received: by 10.66.218.15 with SMTP id q15mr720006ugg.36.1203170300293; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:58:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?172.16.2.200? ( [80.216.212.68]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k30sm1125662ugc.53.2008.02.16.05.58.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:58:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47B6EBF5.3030505@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:58:13 +0100 From: Pawel Worach User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080119) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= References: <200802160016.m1G0GnFB046558@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080216024541.GA31498@nagual.pp.ru> <20080215.233427.1598351542.imp@bsdimp.com> <863artw4wh.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <863artw4wh.fsf@ds4.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, ache@nagual.pp.ru, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, delphij@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/resolv res_comp.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:27:23 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > "M. Warner Losh" writes: >> Plus there was a very long, very heated thread about removing _ as a >> valid name years ago. Have conditions changed since then? Frankly, >> I'd like to have seen a change like this discussed more widely. There >> was much debate before, and there turned out to be good reasons for >> omitting the _. I just can't recall them now. > > There are valid reasons for allowing it. Somebody[tm] (I'll leave it up > to you to guess who) thought it was a good idea to use _ in DNS names > used for automatic detection of web proxies and domain controllers, IIRC. > BIND allows it in SRV records but not in A records. -- Pawel