40083 - caching resolv.conf

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 63564

(Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

Linux mozilla's async resolver seems to be caching /etc/resolv.conf, forcing
restarts when that file is changed. This is not normall application behaviour.
Is this known and wanted?

Comment 1

[Gagan]

->gordon

Comment 2

[gordon]

We don't have async dns lookups turned on for Unix yet.  We are simply calling 
gethostbyname (actually PR_GetIPNodeByName, which in turn calls gethostbyname).  
Could you describe the symptoms in more detail?

Wan-Teh, any ideas?

Comment 3

[Wan-Teh Chang]

As Gordon said, we are just calling
gethostbyname() or gethostbyname2() on
Linux.

I did a text search in the source tree
(using http://lxr.mozilla.org) for "resolv.conf"
and did find any match.

Comment 4

[gordon]

Marking this bug as INVALID.  If this continues to cause a problem for someone, 
please reopen with additional information so we can track down the cause. Thanks.

Comment 5

[benc]

actually a dupe...

Comment 6

[benc]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 63564 ***

Comment 7

[Markus Gerstel]

Vfy duplicate