J.R. wrote:
Hi, is it possible to offer him some help? Is there maybe a development system to test a patch?
Well, I can still make tests on my NetBSD box if required, but please note that it is in no way dependant of NetBSD.
The res_foo API is deprecated, and the alternative res_nfoo functions have been around for many, many years. IMHO, using deprecated APIs in new code is not recommended.
res_nfoo functions use statp instead of _res, which is thread-safe. Feel free to forward my mail if you need too.
(http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20091117.215755.b4383cb2.en.html) --- ... In fact, the DNS resolution is sufficiently isolated that we *could* implement the res_nsend API. I don't have a NetBSD box to test any changes on though, so I'm unwilling to write the patch. -Phil ---Fix: There should be some piece of code in exim 4.70 that uses _res directly. It should be rewritten with the res_n*() (res_ninit, res_nsend, ...) functions, which are thread-safe. See also http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?res_nsend++NetBSD-current HTH
-- Jean-Yves Migeon jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost