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Date:      Fri, 05 May 2006 08:38:20 +0900
From:      Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>
To:        Jan Gyselinck <freebsd-stable@b0rken.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: resolver behaviour regarding searchlist and A/AAAA query replies
Message-ID:  <ygeejz92wer.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060501204640.B8351@fire.b0rken.net>
References:  <20060501204640.B8351@fire.b0rken.net>

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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).

Sincerely,

--
Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
ume@mahoroba.org  ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org
http://www.imasy.org/~ume/



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