patches/glibc/2.9/170-2.10-dns-no-gethostbyname4.patch
author Yann Diorcet <diorcet.yann@gmail.com>
Thu Nov 22 23:56:58 2012 +0100 (2012-11-22)
changeset 3131 bd172b161ff8
parent 1201 c9967a6e3b25
permissions -rw-r--r--
cc: add a flag for skipping core passes

It is used for skipping unnecessary compilation steps when the libc
doesn't need to be compiled (eg. when we do not use a C library).

Signed-off-by: Yann Diorcet <diorcet.yann@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <150eadb0117e697d79aa.1353625025@blackmint>
Patchwork-Id: 201222
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Original patch from: gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.9/0080_all_glibc-2.10-dns-no-gethostbyname4.patch
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-= BEGIN original header =-
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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7060
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/250468
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The gethostbyname4() lookup method is problematic since it fires out both
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the A and AAAA DNS queries in parallel and over the same socket. This
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should work in theory, but it turns out that many cheap DSL modems and
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similar devices have buggy DNS servers - if the AAAA query arrives too
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quickly after the A query, the server will generate only a single reply
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with the A query id but returning an error for the AAAA query; we get
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stuck waiting for the second reply.
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For gethostbyname4() users affected, disabling IPv6 in the system might
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work around the issue, unfortunately it only helps with applications
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using AI_ADDRCONFIG (e.g. Firefox); some (notably e.g. Pidgin) neglect
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to do that.
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Real fix should be using separate ports for the A and AAAA queries.
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-= END original header =-
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diff -durN glibc-2_9.orig/resolv/Versions glibc-2_9/resolv/Versions
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--- glibc-2_9.orig/resolv/Versions	2008-08-01 19:15:34.000000000 +0200
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+++ glibc-2_9/resolv/Versions	2009-02-02 22:00:46.000000000 +0100
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@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
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     _nss_dns_gethostbyname_r; _nss_dns_getnetbyaddr_r;
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     _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r; _nss_dns_getcanonname_r;
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     _nss_dns_gethostbyaddr2_r;
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-    _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r;
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+#    _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r;
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   }
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 }
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