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From: "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] adns & ares USE flags
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:04:11
Message-Id: 503E3DB3.40801@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] adns & ares USE flags by Ben de Groot
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4 On 08/29/2012 01:10 AM, Ben de Groot wrote:
5 > On 28 August 2012 05:11, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 >> Hello,
7 >>
8 >> $ quse -D adns ares
9 >> global:adns: Adds support for the adns DNS client library
10 >> local:ares:dev-libs/ecore: Enables support for asynchronous DNS using the net-dns/c-ares library
11 >> local:ares:net-analyzer/wireshark: Use GNU net-dns/c-ares library to resolve DNS names
12 >> local:ares:net-irc/znc: Enables support for asynchronous DNS using the c-ares library
13 >> local:ares:net-misc/aria2: Enables support for asynchronous DNS using the c-ares library
14 >> local:ares:net-misc/curl: Enabled c-ares dns support
15 >> local:ares:net-p2p/gift: pull in Ares plugin
16 >>
17 >> Both of the flags (except for gift AFAICS) refer to asynchronous DNS
18 >> resolution. Could we join them into one flag? I think we should retain
19 >> 'adns', move appropriate 'ares' flags to it and modify the description
20 >> to make it less library-centric.
21 >
22 > Sounds like a good idea to me.
23 >
24 Except for the fact that they are two different backends for async DNS
25 and some packages (wireshark) support both. Doesn't make sense to merge
26 them and take the choice away from the user.
27
28 - -Zero
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Re: [gentoo-dev] adns & ares USE flags "Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu>
Re: [gentoo-dev] adns & ares USE flags Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>