Subject: bin/13980: sendmail/libresolv complaints about SIG records
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/16/2001 19:25:26
>Number: 13980
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: sendmail complains about SIG records
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 16 16:27:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Michael Richardson
>Release: 1.5.0
>Organization:
Sandelman Software Works Corporation
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lox.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca 1.5_ALPHA NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA (LOX) #10: Wed Aug 9 21:05:39 EDT 2000 mcr@istari.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca:/j/netbsd/obj/LOX i386
Architecture: i386
Note has a 1.5.0 or 1.5.1 userland. (Is there a way to be certain which?)
>Description:
Sendmail complains:
Sep 16 16:47:30 lox sendmail[25067]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "lox.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca IN A", got type "SIG"
Sep 16 16:47:30 lox sendmail[25067]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "2.46.139.192.in-addr.arpa IN PTR", got type "SIG"
Sep 16 16:47:32 lox sendmail[25068]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "lox.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca IN A", got type "SIG"
Sep 16 16:47:32 lox sendmail[25068]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "2.46.139.192.in-addr.arpa IN PTR", got type "SIG"
This is not a stock 1.5 sendmail.
It was likely built against 1.4's resolver library.
I'm reporting this bug because there are 1.4's out there.
>How-To-Repeat:
I will be recompiling sendmail from source (I need -DHESIOD) and testing this.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: