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From: kjd@MOLD.ZSO.DEC.COM
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Subject: Re: questionable resolver code
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Date: 10 Aug 90 16:38:55 GMT
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>>in the routine res_search is the following line of code:
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>>if ((n == 0 || *--cp != '.') && (_res.options & RES_DEFNAMES))
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>>If you examine the routine you will notice that n > 0 if there were
>>any .'s in the name passed to res_search.  I believe the intent was to
>>only append the local domain name in the case where there was no . in

I belive this is correct behavior.  This is for the case where there are
multiple sub-domains in the local domain.

-Kevin

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