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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!ns.saard.net!news.camtech.com.au!news.adelaide.on.net!news.ade.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!bofh.dot!nntp.uio.no!nntp-oslo.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!not-for-mail From: sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA and resolver PROBLEM (gethostby*.getanswer) Date: 06 Jun 1996 07:48:36 GMT Organization: Nethelp Consulting, Trondheim, Norway Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4p62gk$1s3@verdi.nethelp.no> References: <slrn4qu6d8.3vl.map@marikit.iphil.net> <slrn4qvae1.9ft.map@marikit.iphil.net> <4p3ngp$4uu@verdi.nethelp.no> <slrn4rc8jg.pn4.map@marikit.iphil.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: trane.uninett.no In-reply-to: map@marikit.iphil.net's message of 6 Jun 1996 00:17:43 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains:10610 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20760 [Miguel A.L. Paraz] | About solving the gethostby*.getanswer problem, a certain poster wrote: | | > You should upgrade to BIND 4.9.3. | | I have upgraded my named shortly after this was released. | Or, is it the RESOLVER that needs changing? This will be harder -- | recompiling apps that depend on it? (-lresolv on FreeBSD) Yes, it is the resolver that needs changing. Recompiling should be fairly easy on FreeBSD given that full sources are available. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no