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Re: [bill@kayhay.com] libc/1625: resolver ignores "multi on" in /etc/host.conf
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Subject: Re: [bill@kayhay.com] libc/1625: resolver ignores "multi on" in /etc/host.conf
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:22:16 -0800
- Cc: bill at kayhay dot com,libc-alpha Mailinglist <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <u8itz4lan7.fsf@gromit.rhein-neckar.de>
On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 09:29:16AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
> Hi glibc folks,
>
> we received the appended bug report. IMHO we cannot support "multi on"
> at all with glibc (at least not in /etc/hosts) - and should remove the
> support for parsing "multi on" from res_hconf.c. We parse this
> correctly - but never use it at all.
>
> Does somebody see a way to fix this?
>
I think I fixed it for libc 5 on Mar. 12, 1997. I will take a look
when I find time. But I am afraid it may not be easy.
H.J.