Looking back into the archives it seems that Robert thought the way to go would be a stub resolver. Still think that way, Robert, and are you still willing to help someone make it?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Bradshaw > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:33 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: whois package > > > ok. Next question. Can we shamelessly steal code from bind > for inclusion > in cygwin? I'm not familiar with its licensing, but the > copyright notice > looks like it gives full permission to use their code as we > see fit. Can I > get an amen from someone who knows what they're talking about here? > > And the next question, would we want to go that route? > > Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gerrit P. Haase [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:14 PM > > To: Mark Bradshaw > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: whois package > > > > > > Hallo Mark, > > > > 2001-12-07 18:05:12, du schriebst: > > > > > Going back to dig and host, I'm guessing that the > > maintainer would need to > > > actually be a maintainer for the whole bind package? Am I > > right in assuming > > > that having bind as a cygwin package would provide > > libresolv functionality, > > > or would more be required. > > > > No just the resolver is needed to build the tools, I can > > query every NS so the > > named isn't required and I think my 'native' Windows DNS > > Server is much faster. > > > > > BTW, I can get bind 9.2 to compile with some modification.... > > > > Great. But there are some problems here. > > If bind installs in /usr there are some files which collide, > > netdb.h, sys/cdefs.h, > > arpa/inet.h. > > A possibility to resolve this would be a split into runtime > > and devel version, > > or the headers needs to be merged which is the better choice IMO. > > > > On the other hand, the best would be to have a libresolv > > included with the C lib > > or resolver functions in cygwin itself so bind isn't needed. > > > > Gerrit > > -- > > convey Information Systems GmbH > > http://www.convey.de/ > > > > Vitalisstra�e 326-328 > > Gerrit P. Haase D-50933 K�ln > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fon: ++49 > > 221 6903922 > > >
