On 10/10 22:40, jnr@cwru.edu wrote:
> I just compiled and installed both kernel and userland from
> yeaderday's anoncvs.
>
> $ ping www.msn.com
> ping: Cannot resolve "www.msn.com" (Unknown server error)
> 
> telnet and ssh work fine however:
> $ telnet www.msn.com 80
> Trying 207.68.173.244...
> Connected to www.msn.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.

Yep.
 
> i'm completely confused.  does anyone have any ides for solutions to this?

Temporary workaround: don't use djbdns (dnscache). There have been two
recent threads about this. Check out "recent 1-6 branch libc and mozilla
(etc.)" at http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2003/10/ as it
covers the same problem.