"Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just curious; why is it necessary to fork a second process to do the DNS
> lookups?
So they are done asynchronously and don't block ntpd while they
complete or timeout. I believe there are plans to incorporate
asynchronous resolution into ntpd, so that the child fork becomes
unnecessary.
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Ronan Flood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Network Services, University of London Computer Centre
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