bin/98625: ypserv ignores the -n option (it always acts like -n has been specified)

Maxim Konovalov maxim at macomnet.ru
Thu Jun 8 21:54:40 UTC 2006


The following reply was made to PR bin/98625; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim at macomnet.ru>
To: PaulFM <paulfm at me.umn.edu>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/98625: ypserv ignores the -n option (it always acts like -n
 has been specified)
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 22:08:22 +0400 (MSD)

 On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, 13:06-0500, PaulFM wrote:
 
 > Further tests have found something very interesting.
 >
 > 1.  The real issue is - ypserv seems to ALWAYS do dns lookups IF the
 >    hosts map is empty.  Adding one entry (localhost) causes all
 >    versions to work as expected (un-patched, new and old).
 >
 > 2.  My previous "FIX" is not a fix, but was accompanied by a change
 >    in another input to the problem (the hosts map on the test setup
 >    had entries in it - I didn't set-up the test maps).  A back check
 >    found that the original version of ypserv on that machine did not
 >    do dns lookups.
 >
 >
 > So the workaround is to make sure you have at least one entry in
 > your hosts map.
 
 Have you tried my patch?
 
 -- 
 Maxim Konovalov


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