[PATCH] NEWS: Mention __res_* compatibility symbols

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Wed Jul 21 11:28:47 GMT 2021


---
 NEWS | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4df348cce5..efc105b6b4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
   ns_format_ttl, ns_makecanon, ns_parse_ttl, ns_samedomain, ns_samename,
   ns_sprintrr, ns_sprintrrf, ns_subdomain have been deprecated.
 
+* The symbols __res_dnok, __res_hnok, __res_mailok, __res_mkquery,
+  __res_nmkquery, __res_nquery, __res_nquerydomain, __res_nsearch,
+  __res_nsend, __res_ownok, __res_query, __res_querydomain,
+  __res_search, __res_send are no longer available for linking new
+  applications.  Autoconf checks that use these symbols need to check
+  the symbols without the __ prefix as well.  These symbols are now
+  available without linking against libresolv.
+
 * The pthread cancellation handler is now installed with SA_RESTART and
   pthread_cancel will always send the internal SIGCANCEL on a cancellation
   request.  It should not be visible to application since the cancellation



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