On 2026-09-22 15:37:59 +0200, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 22.09.26 um 11:40 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > > On 2026-09-21 12:06:03 +0200, Marco Moock wrote: > > > Am 21.09.26 um 03:00 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > > > > On 2026-09-20 09:23:48 +0200, Marco Moock wrote: > > > > > Am 19.09.26 um 23:40 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > > > > > > In any case, I don't see why IPv6 support in the kernel matters > > > > > > for nscd. I don't see any reason why nscd would do an IPv6 > > > > > > connection; that's useless for name resolving. > > > > > > > > > > nscd is only a cache for libc, it does not do any lookups. The sources > > > > > defined in nsswitch.conf do the lookups. > > > > > > > > This is incorrect: when nscd is running, nsswitch.conf is not > > > > used at all by the program that calls getaddrinfo! There's only > > > > a connection to "/var/run/nscd/socket". > > > > > > It still does not do any DNS lookups, it uses the libraries in listed in > > > nsswitch.conf. > > > > This is still part of the nscd process. > > I a quite sure it isn't. But feel free to ask at the libc mailing lists, > there are the people who developed this.
So, you think that the nscd process contacts another daemon? > > > If they handle SERVFAIL improperly, it is not nscd's fault. > > > > I don't see how this is related to IPv6 support in the kernel. > > It might, as a system with IPv6 support disabled will most likely never as > for AAAA, which might change the (probably faulty) behavior. What do you mean? > > This does not say how nscd uses nsswitch.conf (/etc/nsswitch.conf > > contains "hosts: files dns", so "dns" applies, but this does not say > > how name resolving is done). The nscd developers should document that > > first. > > Please suggest that at sourceware.org, where the programmers of libc have > the repo. Done here: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34668 -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
