Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:50:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Greg A. Woods" <woods@zeus.leitch.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/6121: gethostbyname(3) no longer returns NO_DATA for MX records Message-ID: <199804011950.LAA03901@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6121; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Greg A. Woods" <woods@zeus.leitch.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, dan@dpcsys.com Cc: woods@planix.com Subject: Re: bin/6121: gethostbyname(3) no longer returns NO_DATA for MX records Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 14:39:41 -0500 Yes, that's true. Something's amiss. The resolver library in the BIND-4.9.6 does return NO_DATA as it should (must, actually), but both FreeBSD's and NetBSD's resolvers are broken in this respect (and arguably in some other respects too! ;-). If you want a compliant resolver one possible work-around is to obtain the BIND-4.9.6 distribution and build libresolv.a from it and statically link your application with it (you'll also have to be careful to compile against BIND's headers too!). -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 443-1734 VE3TCP <gwoods@acm.org> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <woods@planix.com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods@weird.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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