Hi

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 08:12:45AM +0100, Harka Gyozo wrote:
> Well, I  work for a University so I have time now in the vacation... would you
> like me to rewrite that script?

Sure, but I actually think it is better if you contact upstream. He is as
far as I know, very interested in getting help.

> By the way I just checked the bind9-host package... older versions are using
> LOC instead of location, so this is a new problem..
> 
> Maybe the most correct solution would be an internal name resolving program...
> so a host binary in the "/usr/share/xtraceroute/" or a host function in the
> xtraceroute itself.
> 
> I responded to an another bug #272135, I corrected a part of dbio.c. I wonder
> why that error was there,,, I think not many people wanted to make self
> database in their home. I tested my modified version, it seems to be OK.

Nice! However please try to contact upstream instead as that way is much 
better. :)
I do not want to fork, unless it is strictly necessary.

Regards,

// Ola

> 
> Harka Gyozo
> 
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:09:14 +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote
> > Hi
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:43:07PM +0100, Harka Gyozo wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > I just found that xtraceroute gets the resolve info from a shell script
> > > /usr/share/xtraceroute/xtraceroute-resolve-location.sh
> > > I attached a modified version which can use correctly the bind9-host and 
> > > the
> > > host package's
> > > host binaries.
> > 
> > Yes I know, I have thought about rewriting it myself... but ...
> > 
> > > It is working now, but I think it should be rewrited completly, because a 
> > > not
> > > "C" locale can brake things, the original author tought it is a good idea 
> > > to
> > > determine which host is on the system with greping some message from the
> > > command's help, brrr....
> > 
> > I have thought about adding a export LANG=C in the script which would
> > solve that problem. But yes in general it is a bit dangerous to
> > rely on textual output. But it works fairly well. :)
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for the patch!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > // Ola
> > 
> > > Harka Gyozo
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:16:07 +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote
> > > > tags 434705 + patch
> > > > thanks
> > > > 
> > > > Hi
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Ok, good to know. It should probably conflict the host9 instead of
> > > > depend on it. :)
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > // Ola
> > > >
> > >
> > 
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