[ntp:questions] Re: AIX ntp.conf problem

Danny Mayer mayer at gis.net
Tue Oct 11 02:27:55 UTC 2005


DJ wrote:
> I have put some printfs in ntp_intres and.....
> I can see the code call gethostbyname in the findhostaddr function, but
> gethostbyname never returns i.e. seems to block
> 
> If I write a noddy program to call findhostaddr (or gethostbyname)
> directly then all works fine !
> 
> So what is going on ? Is the resolver library libbind.a in trouble ??
> Any ideas ?
> 
At a guess the code is not picking up the answer when it's returned. I 
don't know how the information is currently signaled. I'd have to study 
the code.

Danny



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