[PATCH] resolv.conf addition for mobile users

[Danny Mayer]

At 12:19 PM 6/18/2004, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:23:49AM -0400, Danny Mayer wrote:
> > At 12:45 PM 6/15/2004, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > >On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 11:48:38PM -0400, Danny Mayer wrote:
> > >> At 05:51 PM 6/11/2004, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >        Please report ;-) Note that Win32 also seems to get it right,
> > >> >but I don't expect to know how they do it :-(
> > >>
> > >> What exactly did they get right?
> > >
> > >        Is it a rethorical question, or do you have trouble following
> > >the discussion ? Win32 seems to get the multi-DNS config right.
> >
> >
> > There was nothing retorical about the question.
>
>         Like this, you question was quite funny. Anyway ;-)
>         Topic is about mobile clients moving from one network to
>another and using a variety of interface. Because of this mobility,
>the DNS configuration they need to use change over time. Win32 and
>OS-X seems to use the proper configuration at the proper time on most
>cases. Bind doesn't even attempt to handle that.
>         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


> > Danny
>
>         Have fun...
>
>         Jean