From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: make-network-process's gethostbyname usage Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:43:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87k5rpp9be.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> References: <87hcmueg90.fsf@myxomop.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187685791 19369 80.91.229.12 (21 Aug 2007 08:43:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:43:11 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 21 10:43:10 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1INPKN-00033O-Mv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:43:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1INPKN-0000EP-6o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:43:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1INPKK-0000EK-5o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1INPKJ-0000E7-IA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1INPKJ-0000E4-FN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1INPKJ-0003xV-3A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 42624 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2007 08:43:02 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.testafd.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 21 Aug 2007 08:43:02 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87hcmueg90.fsf@myxomop.com> (Alexander Kotelnikov's message of "Mon\, 20 Aug 2007 12\:56\:27 +0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:76871 Archived-At: Alexander Kotelnikov writes: > Hello. > > make-network-process calles gethostbyname, but never calls > res_init. The problem, which appears is: if contents of > /etc/resolv.conf was changed old dns servers are unavailable, > gethostbyname still tries them, not new ones. So this bug is pretty > much the same as http://bugs.debian.org/438680 (which has a patch). Is res_init available on all platforms which have gethostbyname ? Otherwise, we need to arrange for configure to test for its existence... -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk