Re: [Development] DNS resolver docs for Linux/OSX

2013-10-15 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote: > On quarta-feira, 16 de outubro de 2013 09:28:10, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: >> > "My friend told me you can't walk with a basket ball, but I tried and it >> > worked just fine" >> >> Well, if the friend told me that you can't walk with a basketb

Re: [Development] DNS resolver docs for Linux/OSX

2013-10-15 Thread Thiago Macieira
On quarta-feira, 16 de outubro de 2013 09:28:10, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: > > "My friend told me you can't walk with a basket ball, but I tried and it > > worked just fine" > > Well, if the friend told me that you can't walk with a basketball > because there's a chance that it might slip from my hand

Re: [Development] DNS resolver docs for Linux/OSX

2013-10-15 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Thiago Macieira wrote: > On terça-feira, 15 de outubro de 2013 14:08:38, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: >> I'm not sure why he's saying so as I've tested programatically setting >> a IPv6 nameserver and it's working. > > Hopefully that won't bite us back later... > > "My fr

Re: [Development] DNS resolver docs for Linux/OSX

2013-10-15 Thread Thiago Macieira
On terça-feira, 15 de outubro de 2013 14:08:38, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: > I'm not sure why he's saying so as I've tested programatically setting > a IPv6 nameserver and it's working. Hopefully that won't bite us back later... "My friend told me you can't walk with a basket ball, but I tried and it

Re: [Development] DNS resolver docs for Linux/OSX

2013-10-15 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
> However, I wanted to know more about the main "struct __res_state" used in > these functions. Google hasn't thrown up much. > > Basically, I wanted to know the usage of 2 of the fields used in this struct > - "nssocks[MAXNS]" and "nsmap[MAXNS]". What values are these supposed to > hold? Answerin

[Development] DNS resolver docs for Linux/OSX

2013-10-03 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
Hi All, Is there any good documentation on the DNS resolver library (in Linux). I've mostly been referring to manpages of resolver functions (res_init et all) which gives an overview of the main functions. However, I wanted to know more about the main "struct __res_state" used in these functions.