[erlang-bugs] : : inet_res:getbyname

[Mikael Magnusson]

Matthew O'Gorman wrote:
> Exactly, I do want to do a dns query on the srv, currently the only
> way i know to do that is using inet_res, which is deprecated and
> broken for everything but -name, if there is to be a replacement or
> there is another way to make it work I would appreciate knowing it.
> 
> Mog

I'm able to use inet_res also on nodes with short names (-sname) if I 
call inet_db:add_resolv:

     inet_db:add_resolv("/etc/resolv.conf").

Btw, why not always use long node names (-name)?

Mikael