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Re: [rfc] enabling `sortlist' in libresolv?
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: [rfc] enabling `sortlist' in libresolv?
- From: Ben Collins <bcollins at debian dot org>
- Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 11:32:42 -0500
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20001224090910.D18814@visi.net> <m3hf3tbwyv.fsf@otr.mynet.cygnus.com>
On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 08:33:28AM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 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.
Good enough for me. Just needed to know if it was a legit request, and
it seems I can just close the bug.
Thanks,
Ben
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