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Re: minires-0.95 - a new package ready for review
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:49:28AM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:33:36PM -0400, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> > >Now as to whether it should be spun as a separate dll/import library
> > >(-lresolv), is another matter, entirely. Of course, feel free to
> > >disagree, as I could be wrong ;-).
> >
> > I think it belongs in newlib, too. Anyone willing to take a shot at
> > getting it into newlib?
>
> Is newlib the right place? minires uses the Windows API to find the dns
> servers and the domain name. Is there a POSIX way to get those?
> If so, it could be implemented in Cygwin.
> In the long run the lookups should use the Windows resolver (on
> systems >= Win2000). BTW, that's why it's 0.95 and not 1.00
Hmm, AFAICS the code is using standard socket calls, not especially
Windows socket calls. The only problem is the get_dns() function
which gets the DNS servers by calling a Windows API function. OTOH,
this function's result is overridden if a resolve.conf file exists.
An appropriate #ifdef would do it.
OTOH, there's one problem. The code is linked against iphlpapi.lib.
This lib doesn't exist on 95 and NT4. Wouldn't it be better to get
the function address at runtime (LoadLibrary/GetProcAddress) and if
that fails, just to return to look for resolve.conf?
Corinna
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