[uClibc]reread resolv.conf

Erik Andersen andersen at codepoet.org
Fri Feb 28 05:34:35 UTC 2003


On Thu Feb 27, 2003 at 01:54:10PM -0800, Jeffrey Damick wrote:
> 
> Hello all, I have a quick question, and it may be a small bug in
> uClibc's name resolver code..

You also have a problem with your email program.  You are
sending your email as html.  Don't do that.

> I'm having a problem resetting the nameservers that gethostbyname is
> using from resolv.conf.  With glibc if you do a res_init() that forces
> a reread of the file, but in uClibc the res_init will not force a
> reread if it has read the file 1 time because then the nameservers
> value is greater than 0.<br>
> <br>
> Shouldn't res_init call close_nameservers() before calling
> open_nameservers() ?<br>
> Or is there another way I can accomplish this with code that will work
> with both uClibc and glibc?<br>

Try it and see.  Does making that change cause uClibc to do
what you expected it to do?

 -Erik

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