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diff --git a/source/l/glibc/glibc-2.10-dns-no-gethostbyname4.diff b/source/l/glibc/glibc-2.10-dns-no-gethostbyname4.diff deleted file mode 100644 index 3fa365af..00000000 --- a/source/l/glibc/glibc-2.10-dns-no-gethostbyname4.diff +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -The gethostbyname4() lookup method is problematic since it fires out both -the A and AAAA DNS queries in parallel and over the same socket. This -should work in theory, but it turns out that many cheap DSL modems and -similar devices have buggy DNS servers - if the AAAA query arrives too -quickly after the A query, the server will generate only a single reply -with the A query id but returning an error for the AAAA query; we get -stuck waiting for the second reply. - -For gethostbyname4() users affected, disabling IPv6 in the system might -work around the issue, unfortunately it only helps with applications -using AI_ADDRCONFIG (e.g. Firefox); some (notably e.g. Pidgin) neglect -to do that. - -Real fix should be using separate ports for the A and AAAA queries. - ---- resolv/Versions 2008-08-02 10:26:09.000000000 +0200 -+++ resolv/Versions 2008-12-08 12:51:53.000000000 +0100 -@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ libnss_dns { - _nss_dns_gethostbyname_r; _nss_dns_getnetbyaddr_r; - _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r; _nss_dns_getcanonname_r; - _nss_dns_gethostbyaddr2_r; -- _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r; -+# _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r; - } - } - |