On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 17:05, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > Yes, but don't you hate it when you see someone posts a smug, > non-helpful, diatribe instead of politely working with someone > and requesting the information that they need? Sometimes i wonder > what those people get out of posting to the list. >
A) It was not smug, it was corrective considering there had been a string of bad information being posted, and that was an endpoint at which is was good to point out this fact. Basically, despite all the (incorrect) stuff posted here today on this subject, the resolver library is quite predictable and client apps do not vary in how they access the resolver. nslookup is not a client app in this context, it is a part of one type of resolver package and is specifically written to bypass the general resolver library functions. B) It is proper etiquette to post complete information when requesting assistance. In this case, zero relevant information was posted. Relevant information includes known configuration files, command lines, any trace information available, etc. This situation of incomplete requests has become all too common on this list. If I were to request information for every incomplete request on this list I would be spending a good deal of my day doing so. Again, if one desires assistance it would behoove the poster to provide the information rather than forcing a game of 20 questions. It is much more efficient, and a better use of everyone's time and bandwidth. - rick -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
