[erlang-bugs] : : : : inet_res:getbyname

[Raimo Niskanen]

If you could test a solution for me it would be nice (Windows is a bit
in the backwater here; we build and test but our personal build and 
test platform is Solaris8 as for now).

Test the same solution I described below, but the file contents should be:
---------------cut
{registry,win32}.
---------------cut
That should load the data corresponding to /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf.
The /etc/hosts data will not be used (unless you have 'file' in the lookup
order (that defaults to 'native' only)).

This could (if it works fine) be something to always do on Windows
to initialize inet_res.



On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 03:14:56AM -0500, Matthew O'Gorman wrote:
> any possible solutions for windows users? I ask as the reason I posted
> in first place is my friend installed ejabberd for windows and didnt
> work out of the box for him do to this issue.  I was able to get it
> working for him with -name though, so he is fine now, I just imagine
> its a common problem.
> Anyways thanks for looking in to it and letting me know it will be
> supported and maintained.
> 
> Mog
> 
> On 9/10/07, Raimo Niskanen <raimo+erlang-bugs@REDACTED> wrote:
> > Well, it is deprecated for A and AAAA lookups since it was
> > impossible to make it behave like the native resolver on all
> > platforms. For DNS lookups where you really want just a DNS
> > lookup it is still needed, so we can not remove it and
> > have to fix bugs in it.
> >
> > In other words: it is and will be maintained.
> >
> > That it only works in conjunction with the -name option
> > I also regard as a bug, but behaviour in this area has always
> > been very sensitive to change, so improving this might
> > break code for paying customers.
> >
> > I will try to investigate the possibility to always read
> > /etc/resolv.conf on all Unixes to set up inet_res. That does
> > not sound like a too dangerous change for R12, but I do not
> > have the final word here...
> >
> > The workaround below does work, but that function is on the
> > "possible to remove" list. Another more supported way of
> > doing exactly the same thing is to create a file e.g
> > "~/.inetrc" containing:
> > ---------------cut
> > {file,resolv,"/etc/resolv.conf"}.
> > ---------------cut
> > and then either set the environment variable
> > ERL_INETRC="~/.inetrc"
> > or, set the Erlang kernel application parameter "inetrc" to
> > the same filename either on the command line like this:
> > $ erl -kernel inetrc "\"~/.inetrc\""
> > or in the Erlang start script (I have never done it).
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 11:41:37AM +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> > > 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
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