[rfc] enabling `sortlist' in libresolv?

[Ulrich Drepper]

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.

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