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Re: (ITS#8979) The -l <timelimit> or -o nettimeout=<timelimit> don't limit DNS lookup time
- To: openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org
- Subject: Re: (ITS#8979) The -l <timelimit> or -o nettimeout=<timelimit> don't limit DNS lookup time
- From: quanah@symas.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:40:46 +0000
- Auto-submitted: auto-generated (OpenLDAP-ITS)
--On Monday, February 18, 2019 4:32 PM +0000 avarab@gmail.com wrote:
>> Closing this ITS.
>
> Fair enough, but is that a "we don't want this ever" or "if someone
> submitted a patch for (possibly OS-specific) DNS timeout we'd be
> interested".
This was already answered in Howard's reply:
> If you know of any widely available resolver API that allows specifying a
timeout
> on individual queries, you're welcome to submit a patch supporting this
feature.
> The standard -lresolv doesn't provide such an interface.
I.e., the ITS can always be reopened if a working resolver API can be found
and a patch is supplied.
--Quanah
--
Quanah Gibson-Mount
Product Architect
Symas Corporation
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