Subject: Re: Notes about netbsd-3
To: Martin J. Laubach <mjl@NetBSD.org>
From: Harry Waddell <waddell@caravan.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 11/17/2005 17:52:58
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:44:31 +0000 (UTC)
"Martin J. Laubach" <mjl@NetBSD.org> wrote:
>
> (3) The "sortlist" parameter in /etc/resolv.conf seems to have ceased
> to work: Even though I have a sortlist 212.16.40.152/255.255.255.248,
> a "ping fw" round robins between all of fw's ip addresses:
>
> asparagus:35 [~] $ ping -c1 fw
> PING fw.emsi.priv.at (212.16.40.130): 56 data bytes
> ..
> asparagus:36 [~] $ ping -c1 fw
> PING fw.emsi.priv.at (212.16.40.153): 56 data bytes
> ..
> asparagus:37 [~] $ ping -c1 fw
> PING fw.emsi.priv.at (212.16.40.145): 56 data bytes
>
> I believe this has worked with 1.5 and 1.6, not sure about 2.x.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> mjl
netsbd 3 uses bind v9, while previous versions use v8.
If I recall correctly, bind v9 is missing a few features
which v8 had, e.g. sortlist. You can always install bind 8 from pkgsrc
should you require that functionality.
--
Harry Waddell
Caravan Electronic Publishing
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