Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 08:38:20 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> To: Jan Gyselinck <freebsd-stable@b0rken.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: resolver behaviour regarding searchlist and A/AAAA query replies Message-ID: <ygeejz92wer.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <20060501204640.B8351@fire.b0rken.net> References: <20060501204640.B8351@fire.b0rken.net>
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Hi,
>>>>> On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:46:40 +0200
>>>>> Jan Gyselinck <freebsd-stable@b0rken.net> said:
Jan> What I find strange though, is the fact it's now applying the searchlist
Jan> to get an answer on the AAAA query. Other than the fact this could
Jan> potentially give unpredictable results in specific situations, I find
Jan> this rather illogical. Since one of the queries (A or AAAA) succeeded
Jan> we _know_ the host in question exists (and the searchlist is there to
Jan> make non-fqdn queries work for 'local' hosts, by applying the searchlist
Jan> if the host does not seem to exist). So, in short, isn't this a bug?
Which application did you use? The application which doesn't use
getaddrinfo(3) has this issue, and it cannot be fixed without
re-writing the application to use getaddrinfo(3).
Sincerely,
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Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
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