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| author | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2016-10-04 11:52:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2016-12-31 18:55:14 +0100 |
| commit | b76e065991ec01299225d9da90a627ebe6c1ac97 (patch) | |
| tree | ac94cc82b134096975419ced320f6ed329130756 /resolv/README | |
| parent | 5840c75c2d6a9b980d6789f2ca7d47a9fa067263 (diff) | |
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resolv: Deprecate the "inet6" option and RES_USE_INET6 [BZ #19582]
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diff --git a/resolv/README b/resolv/README index 17aa631c92..c50025168c 100644 --- a/resolv/README +++ b/resolv/README @@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ code: * In Multi-threaded that manipulate the _res structure, calls to functions like `gethostbyname' in threads other than the "main" - thread won't be influenced by the those changes anymore. So if you - set RES_USE_INET6, a call to `gethostbyname' won't return any IPv6 - hosts anymore. If you recompile such programs, manipulating the - _res structure will affect the thread in which you do so instead of - the "main" thread. + thread won't be influenced by the those changes anymore. We recommend to use the new thread-safe interfaces in new code, since the traditional interfaces have been deprecated by the BIND folks. |