Re: [CFR] reflect resolv.conf update to running application

From: John Baldwin (jhb_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 08/20/05

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Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:21:19 -0400

    On Saturday 20 August 2005 01:30 pm, Julian Elischer wrote:
    > Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > Our resolver reads resolv.conf once, and never re-read it. Recent
    > > OpenBSD changed to re-read resolv.conf when it is updated. I believe
    > > it is useful specially for mobile environment. So, I made a patch for
    > > our resolver. Please review it.
    >
    > From a very quick read I couldn't see when it does the update.
    > does it do it of EVERY lookup or only after a failed lookup?

    Looks like it checks to see if the file mod date has changed on every lookup
    since he changed the code to always call _res_init() instead of only when the
    INIT flag was clear. 

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