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From: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXT name service (was: C Compiler BUG)
Summary: The network stuff in 0.9 is way out of date
Message-ID: <280@wet.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jul 89 10:12:53 GMT
References: <1989Jul12.193615.27988@csusac.uucp>
Reply-To: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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In article <1989Jul12.193615.27988@csusac.uucp> hoodr@csusac.uucp
	(Robert Hood) writes:
>	One more thing:  Why isn't there a "/usr/etc/libresolv.a".  The
>NeXT supports networking and nameserving very well, but I would like to 
>compile other networking/nameserver programs too.

I tried compiling the nslookup from BIND 4.8.  Even after ripping
out the domain search stuff I still couldn't get it to link.
There's just too much missing.

Wishlist items:
I'd really like an RFC 1048-compliant BOOTP.
(source on lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu if anyone wants to try)
Integrated with netinfo, of course.

rarpd.  Right now I'm using a creaky old Sun for this.

					-=EPS=- / SFSU