From b76e065991ec01299225d9da90a627ebe6c1ac97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Weimer Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 11:52:10 +0200 Subject: resolv: Deprecate the "inet6" option and RES_USE_INET6 [BZ #19582] --- resolv/README | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'resolv/README') 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. -- cgit 1.4.1