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Re: Track resolv.conf patch in glibc
- From: Khem Raj <raj dot khem at gmail dot com>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:06:43 -0700
- Subject: Re: Track resolv.conf patch in glibc
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On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 06/23/2017 11:03 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>> Hi Joseph
>>
>> eglibc has this patch applied
>>
>> http://www.eglibc.org/archives/patches/msg00778.html
>>
>> but this was not proposed for glibc. I wonder if this issue is still
>> relevant or fixed
>> otherwise
>
> It's tracked as bug 984:
>
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=984
>
> The patch you quoted breaks the _res interface, including internal use
> by glibc within getaddrinfo. A proper fix is rather difficult.
I see that debian
http://sources.debian.net/src/glibc/2.24-12/debian/patches/any/local-dynamic-resolvconf.diff/
and OpenEmbedded both are carrying this fix. What
would be the forward path.
>
> Thanks,
> Florian