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patches/glibc/2.9/170-2.10-dns-no-gethostbyname4.patch
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Wed Dec 30 15:36:22 2009 +0100 (2009-12-30)
changeset 1669 61edd9d19e3c
parent 1201 c9967a6e3b25
permissions -rw-r--r--
scripts/functions: add aria2, a powerfull downloader

aria2 is a powerfull downloader that is capable of chunking and
parallel retrieval.

Due to li;itations in crosstool-NG retrieval facilities, it's not possible
to take fully advantage of aria2. It might happen that, in the future,
those limitations get lifted away, so we can take use features such as
parallel downloading from more than one server at the same time. For now,
it should still speed up downloads thanks to parallel downloading of chunks. 
     1 Original patch from: gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.9/0080_all_glibc-2.10-dns-no-gethostbyname4.patch

     2 

     3 -= BEGIN original header =-

     4 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7060

     5 http://bugs.gentoo.org/250468

     6 

     7 The gethostbyname4() lookup method is problematic since it fires out both

     8 the A and AAAA DNS queries in parallel and over the same socket. This

     9 should work in theory, but it turns out that many cheap DSL modems and

    10 similar devices have buggy DNS servers - if the AAAA query arrives too

    11 quickly after the A query, the server will generate only a single reply

    12 with the A query id but returning an error for the AAAA query; we get

    13 stuck waiting for the second reply.

    14 

    15 For gethostbyname4() users affected, disabling IPv6 in the system might

    16 work around the issue, unfortunately it only helps with applications

    17 using AI_ADDRCONFIG (e.g. Firefox); some (notably e.g. Pidgin) neglect

    18 to do that.

    19 

    20 Real fix should be using separate ports for the A and AAAA queries.

    21 

    22 -= END original header =-

    23 

    24 diff -durN glibc-2_9.orig/resolv/Versions glibc-2_9/resolv/Versions

    25 --- glibc-2_9.orig/resolv/Versions	2008-08-01 19:15:34.000000000 +0200

    26 +++ glibc-2_9/resolv/Versions	2009-02-02 22:00:46.000000000 +0100

    27 @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@

    28      _nss_dns_gethostbyname_r; _nss_dns_getnetbyaddr_r;

    29      _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r; _nss_dns_getcanonname_r;

    30      _nss_dns_gethostbyaddr2_r;

    31 -    _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r;

    32 +#    _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r;

    33    }

    34  }

    35
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