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http://www.isc.org/downloads/libbind/
The libbind functions have been separated from the BIND suite as of BIND
9.6.0. Originally from older versions of BIND, they have been continually
maintained and improved but not installed by default with BIND 9. This
standard resolver library contains the same historical functions and
headers included with many Unix operating systems. In fact, most
implementations are based on the same original code.
At present, NetBSD maintains libbind code, now known as "netresolv".
It includes the following fix:
2426. [bug] libbind: inet_net_pton() can sometimes return the
wrong value if excessively large netmasks are
supplied. [RT #18512]
Reported by: Maksymilian Arciemowicz <cxib__at__securityreason.com>
Since, res_sendsigned(3) and the friends use MD5 functions, it is
hard to include them without having MD5 functions in libc. So,
res_sendsigned(3) is not merged into libc.
Since, res_update(3) in BIND9 is not binary compatible with our
res_update(3), res_update(3) is leaved as is, except some
necessary modifications.
The res_update(3) and the friends are not essential part of the
resolver. They are not defined in resolv.h but defined in
res_update.h separately in BIND9. Further, they are not called from
our tree. So, I hide them from our resolv.h, but leave them only
for binary backward compatibility (perhaps, no one calls them).
Since, struct __res_state_ext is not exposed in BIND9, I hide it
from our resolv.h. And, global variable _res_ext is removed. It
breaks binary backward compatibility. But, since it is not used from
outside of our libc, I think it is safe.
Reviewed by: arch@ (no objection)
# This appears to not break X11, but I'm having problems compiling the
# glide part of the server with or without this patch, so I can't tell
# for sure.
IPv6 transport-ready resolvers/DNS servers. Need careful configuration
when enable it. (default config is not affected).
See manpage for details.
XXX visible symbol __res_opt() is added, however, it is not supposed to be
called from outside, libc minor is not bumped.
Obtained from: KAME/NetBSD
since it has far wider impact than hostname lookups (including passwords).
Note that this has more ugly symbol hiding and binary compatability hacks
that can go away the second we bump majors.
Obtained from: Mostly from diff against ISC bind-8.1.2 sources
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
Note: this was done by selective patching from diffs by hand, in order
to not conflict with the 4.4BSD base code. Beta9 was done the same way.
Obtained from: Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
