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Re: Default number of dns retries doubled
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
- To: Ángel González <keisial at gmail dot com>
- Cc: libc-help <libc-help at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:34:23 -0400
- Subject: Re: Default number of dns retries doubled
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Ángel González <keisial@gmail.com> wrote:
>> and does the resolver have to go through some redirection?
>
> No. Actually, my approach for testing the retries was to disconnect the
> router, thus forcing a timeout failure.
>
> The only difference I see in the 8 datagrams is the source port.
You'll have to dig into the code to see why it's sending multiple requests.
If you can put together a reproducer (usually a test program,
/etc/resolv.conf, and a bind config) that we can run on a single
system that would be great.
Cheers,
Carlos.