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Re: 2.99.48+p1 compile
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > I finally had a chance to give compiling zmailer under my
> > SunOS 4.1.3_U1 system another whirl. It seems to compile with the
> > following two kludges in dnsgetrr.c:
> >
> > At the beginning:
> >
> > #define HFIXEDSZ 12
> > #define NETDB_SUCCESS 0
> > #define NETDB_INTERNAL -1
>
> Solaris 2.5(.0) did need the first of these three, the
> Solaris 2.5.1 has them all.
>
> > and in the gethostbyname2_rz function:
> >
> > /*if (!strchr(name, '.') && (cp = __hostalias(name)))*/
> > if (!strchr(name, '.') )
> > name = cp;
>
> Ok, I have to look deeper into the code. Solaris 2.5.1 didn't
> complain about it, because it apparently has bind 4.9.x resolver
> library with __hostalias() routine..
>
> > Now my question is should I go ahead and install this (other than the
> > standard risks associated with a pre-release version)? Are these changes
> > going to impact anything other than future "hooks" which are not
> > currently used?
>
> These routines should not be affected with anything I will
> introduce latter. And I am logging your notes for mergeing
> into my developement source.
Thanks for the reply! I am still not quite clear on one point however:
Will either of the above changes (especially the removal of the &&) cause
present problems? ie. is gethostbyname2_rz used right now?
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