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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | resolv/res_init.c | 16 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2016-02-19 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> + * resolv/res_init.c (res_ninit): Update comment. + +2016-02-19 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> + [BZ #19505] * posix/spawn_int.h: Add headers and include guard. (__spawn_valid_fd): New function. diff --git a/resolv/res_init.c b/resolv/res_init.c index e0b6a80..128004a 100644 --- a/resolv/res_init.c +++ b/resolv/res_init.c @@ -118,21 +118,7 @@ unsigned long long int __res_initstamp attribute_hidden; /* * Set up default settings. If the configuration file exist, the values * there will have precedence. Otherwise, the server address is set to - * INADDR_ANY and the default domain name comes from the gethostname(). - * - * An interrim version of this code (BIND 4.9, pre-4.4BSD) used 127.0.0.1 - * rather than INADDR_ANY ("0.0.0.0") as the default name server address - * since it was noted that INADDR_ANY actually meant ``the first interface - * you "ifconfig"'d at boot time'' and if this was a SLIP or PPP interface, - * it had to be "up" in order for you to reach your own name server. It - * was later decided that since the recommended practice is to always - * install local static routes through 127.0.0.1 for all your network - * interfaces, that we could solve this problem without a code change. - * - * The configuration file should always be used, since it is the only way - * to specify a default domain. If you are running a server on your local - * machine, you should say "nameserver 0.0.0.0" or "nameserver 127.0.0.1" - * in the configuration file. + * INADDR_LOOPBACK and the default domain name comes from gethostname. * * Return 0 if completes successfully, -1 on error */ |