>    Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 22:17:43 -0800 (PST)
>    From: MLARKIN@CSUPomona.Edu
> 
>    1. The Solaris JDK doesn't work under NetBSD (panics the machine and reboots).
>       (Actually, this happens to me due to libresolv not working right. Is this
>        just me, or has anyone gotten >ANY< Solaris X programs to work? Anything
>        linked with libresolv totally kills my machine.)
> 
> The resolver under Solaris uses the threaded "doors" mechanism to do
> name service requests.  This would require emulation of solaris
> threads, and reverse engineering the "doors" kernel interface.
> 
> So, any Solaris binary which enters the resolver will not work until
> this is implemented.
> 
Not quite right. Solaris binaries will only try to use the doors system
if it can find /etc/.name_service_door. If that file don't exist it
will use the normal DNS for nameresolving.

-- Ragge