Re: [MacPerl] DNS server using Net::UDP and Net::DNS in Mac Perl?

["Richard Johnson" <rdump@river.com>]

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At 23:03 -0700 on 12/31/98, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 22:09:36 -0700, Richard Johnson wrote:
> >
> >I'm rewriting a prototype DNS server (UDP only, answers simple queries
> >only), and thinking of replacing my very ugly "teach myself DNS by
> >reading the RFCs" code, using Net::DNS and Net::UDP instead.
> >
> >However, those modules are not part of the stock Mac Perl distribution.
> >Net::DNS at least has some compilation problems on the Mac -- I
> >haven't really tried anything with Net::UDP yet.
>
> As I recall, Net::DNS works fine under MacPerl provided you deal with
> the /etc/resolv.conf problem. I simply put a resolv.conf in the same
> folder as DNS.pm and changed the path accordingly. (If you don't know
> the format, let me know and I can send you one.) "Compilation problems"
> sounds as if you forgot to change the end-of-line of the files.


Indeed it does work fine.  Once I got rid of the bogus DNS.pm I had
sitting in the way in my library search path, the real DNS.pm was happy.
This will teach me to play around with the Stanford load-balancing DNS
multiplexer, then forget that I'd left it in the way.  Oops.

Anyway, since I'm not actually using the resolver yet, I didn't even need
to add the resolv.conf.  Thanks for the pointer, though, as it will save
me trouble the next time I pay attention to this code.

Finally, I also took a look at Net-ext's Net::UDP, discovered
AutoLoader.pm problems, and decided to stick with my own basic socket
code.  (Better the evil I already know. :-)


Richard

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