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Date:      Sun, 15 Aug 1999 21:24:35 -0700
From:      Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gethostbyaddr() and threads.
Message-ID:  <37B79283.26E5253A@gorean.org>
References:  <199908140241.TAA25764@usr04.primenet.com>

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Terry Lambert wrote:

> I object because it perpetuates a situation which has made it
> take this long to get the issue addressed.
> 
> I also object because BIND 9 is currently in the works, and there
> is talk of replacing the AAAA records with A6 records in the DNSEXT
> working group.
> 
> The resolver should be in a seperate library to facilitate speedy
> integration of future releases, and because its designers put it
> in a seperate library.
> 
> The correct way to get historical BSD behaviour, i.e. linking libc
> gives you the resolver, is to take advantage of ELF, and link the
> libc against the libresolver, and thus incorporate it by reference
> (if this doesn't work in FreeBSD, it should; I haven't checked).
> 
> Of course, my ideal world would update all of the Makefiles for
> all of the network utilities (including the ports) to know about
> libresolver explicitly, but that's unlikely to come to pass.

	Here here. Think of this as a "me too," or a vote in favor of each of the
points above. 

Doug


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