Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 09:46:22 +0200 From: Jan Gyselinck <freebsd-stable@b0rken.net> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> Cc: Jan Gyselinck <freebsd-stable@b0rken.net>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: resolver behaviour regarding searchlist and A/AAAA query replies Message-ID: <20060505094622.B11288@fire.b0rken.net> In-Reply-To: <ygeejz92wer.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> References: <20060501204640.B8351@fire.b0rken.net> <ygeejz92wer.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
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On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 08:38:20AM +0900, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > 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). konqueror, which is dogslow on this box, there must be something else playing here too... Jan Gyselinck
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