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Id: 13238
Status: rejected
Priority: 0/
Queue: Net-DNS

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Owner: OLAF [...] cpan.org
Requestors: r.mcglue [...] qub.ac.uk
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Bug Information
Severity: Wishlist
Broken in: 0.51
Fixed in: (no value)



Subject: Net::Dns explicit read of /etc/hosts file
I have been in contact with Olaf and he has requested that I fill out this wishlist to request that Net::Dns can read the /etc/hosts file as a first preference to save local cached DNS responses haveing to be rerequested every time. latest version of Net::Dns perl 5.8.6 Slackware 10.1 many thanks Ronan
Hi Ronan, Net::DNS is not a generic name lookup system, it is DNS specific. We believe this functionality does not belong in the Net::DNS library. Regards, Willem On Tue 14 Jun 2005 07:33:35, guest wrote: Show quoted text
> I have been in contact with Olaf and he has requested that I fill out > this wishlist to request that > > Net::Dns can read the /etc/hosts file as a first preference to save > local cached DNS responses haveing to be rerequested every time. > > latest version of Net::Dns > perl 5.8.6 > Slackware 10.1 > > many thanks > > Ronan