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Re: [rfc] enabling `sortlist' in libresolv?
- To: Ben Collins <bcollins at debian dot org>
- Subject: Re: [rfc] enabling `sortlist' in libresolv?
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 24 Dec 2000 08:33:28 -0800
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20001224090910.D18814@visi.net>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
> Is there any reason not to enable sortlist in libresolv (adding
> -DRESOLVSORT to resolv/Makefile)? I have a Debian bug report that
> requests to enable this feature, and I'm kind of wondering why it isn't
> enabled by default.
It never was and in general is not wanted. Beside, it is another poor
DNS feature which doesn't work with IPv6. Finally, the NSS gethost*()
functions don't have the supporting code.
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