[PATCH] resolv.conf addition for mobile users
Jean Tourrilhes
jt at bougret.hpl.hp.com
Fri Jun 18 19:00:31 UTC 2004
Danny Mayer wrote :
> At 12:19 PM 6/18/2004, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > Any extra clarification needed ?
>
> Yes. BIND is a server, not a client. It has nothing whatsoever to do with
> resolving
> addresses for applications running on the system. BIND does create it's own
> library (libbind) for link with applications that need address resolution,
> but that
> doesn't help with applications that are already linked or link with the O/S's
> libraries.
>
> Danny
Ok, you really missed the beggining of the discussion. I've
just realised that the bind-users and bind9-users mailing list have
just merged, and probably you did not read my initial e-mail on
bind9-users :
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bind9-users&m=108682945122532&w=2
Sorry about the confusion, I did not realise that.
The story goes like this :
o glibc uses libresolv from bind8 package (with modification)
o glibc has an option to use lwres from bind9 package
o I would hate forking glibc resolver
o My initial patch is for lwres (not bind itself)
o I stated my intend to patch libresolv if people like my proposal
o I don't plan to propose any change to bind or the DNS protocol
I would also point out that I'm running both bind and dhcpd on
my mobile laptop, but that's another story entirely ;-)
Have fun...
Jean
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