Debian Bug report logs - #933000
resolv.conf(5): refers to MAXNS in <resolv.h>, but it's in res_state.h now

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Axel Beckert <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: resolv.conf(5): refers to MAXNS in <resolv.h>, but it's in res_state.h now

Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:15:21 +0200

Package: manpages
Version: 5.01-1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5.gz

Hi,

resolv.conf(5); states:

       nameserver Name server IP address
              Internet address of a name server that the resolver should
              query, either an IPv4 address (in dot notation), or an
              IPv6 address in colon (and possibly dot) notation as per
              RFC 2373.  Up to MAXNS (currently 3, see <resolv.h>) name
              servers may be listed, one per keyword.
But:

$ fgrep MAXNS /usr/include/resolv.h
$

It seems to be in /usr/include/$TRIPLET/bits/types/res_state.h now:

$ fgrep MAXNS -r /usr/include/
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/types/res_state.h:#define MAXNS                      3       /* max # name servers we'll track */
[…]

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Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <[email protected]>

To: Axel Beckert <[email protected]>, [email protected], Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Cc: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Bug#933000: resolv.conf(5): refers to MAXNS in <resolv.h>, but it's in res_state.h now

Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:44:26 +0200

On 7/25/19 7:15 PM, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Package: manpages
> Version: 5.01-1
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5.gz
> 
> Hi,
> 
> resolv.conf(5); states:
> 
>        nameserver Name server IP address
>               Internet address of a name server that the resolver should
>               query, either an IPv4 address (in dot notation), or an
>               IPv6 address in colon (and possibly dot) notation as per
>               RFC 2373.  Up to MAXNS (currently 3, see <resolv.h>) name
>               servers may be listed, one per keyword.
> But:
> 
> $ fgrep MAXNS /usr/include/resolv.h
> $
> 
> It seems to be in /usr/include/$TRIPLET/bits/types/res_state.h now:
> 
> $ fgrep MAXNS -r /usr/include/
> /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/types/res_state.h:#define MAXNS                      3       /* max # name servers we'll track */

Upstream maintainer here...

This report is invalid. <resolv.h> includes bits/types/res_state.h

I suggest closing this bug.

Thanks,

Michael


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
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Message #20 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <[email protected]>

To: Axel Beckert <[email protected]>, [email protected], Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: Bug#933000: resolv.conf(5): refers to MAXNS in <resolv.h>, but it's in res_state.h now

Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 12:46:42 +0100

tags 933000 wontfix
thanks

Upstream maintainer here. As I previously explained, this is not a
valid bug report, and should be closed.

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