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From: fletcher@cs.utexas.edu (Fletcher Mattox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: BIND and resolver routines under Dynix 3.0.4
Message-ID: <2961@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 13 Jul 88 15:00:05 GMT
References: <143@daitc.ARPA>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <143@daitc.ARPA> generous@daitc.ARPA (Curtis Generous) writes:
>Is there a version of Dynix out there that supports the internet domain name 
>server and the resolver routines? Any info is appreciated.

I think the answer is "Not Yet".  From the 3.0.4 netdb.h:

	struct	hostent {
		char	*h_name;	/* official name of host */
		char	**h_aliases;	/* alias list */
		int	h_addrtype;	/* host address type */
		int	h_length;	/* length of address */
	#ifdef notyet
		char	**h_addr_list;	/* list of addresses from name server */
	#define	h_addr	h_addr_list[0]	/* address, for backward compatiblity */
	#else
		char	*h_addr;	/* address */
	#endif notyet
	};

We brought up BIND 4.8 under 3.0.4 without any trouble.  However,
one needs DYNIX sources to relink the utilities with the resolver.

I really hope the next DYNIX release supports the nameserver; the static
host table routines aren't terribly useful these days.

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Fletcher Mattox		fletcher@cs.utexas.edu