On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 03:40:47PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 01:49:57PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > > > I'm interested in this, too. Could you consider that patch for next > > > upload? > > > > You want each program statting /etc/resolv.conf all the time? > > Why not? The amount of data is very small, and would be cached by the kernel. > > Besides, the stats only would happen when attempting to resolve a hostname > (which has a much higher cost in system resources then a simple stat). I > don't > think the overhead would be significant.
FWIW, we did this in Ubuntu for Dapper and it works very well. I have a quilt file for 2.3/2.4 that I could put in if everyone agrees. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
