Testing of recent commits

Lutz Jaenicke Lutz.Jaenicke at aet.TU-Cottbus.DE
Fri Nov 21 08:29:47 EST 2003


On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:42:41AM -0800, Darren Cole wrote:
> >HP-UX 10.20 is shipped with Bind4.
> 
> I am not quite sure what version of Bind our systems have, or even if 
> bind is installed at all on fielded systems.  Cygwin's solutions sounds 
> like it was to include minires.  Installing a newer bind (or whatever) 
> really isn't the most desirable option here.  I would rather see 
> openssh continue to compile without the need for updated bind,  
> additional minires, or some other extra piece of code.

At 10.20 the resolver routines are a part of libc. It does not matter whether
you have a named installed or not. named itself is Bind 4:
  http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/internet/dns.html

"man resolver" will not reveal which actual software it is really based upon;
its interface (say: the missing macros etc :-) indicate that it is 4.x based.

Best regards,
	Lutz
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