linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate name service errors

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Message-ID: <20110307160042.2ddc8e65@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:00:42 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate
 name service errors

> Define ENONAMESERVICE to indicate "Network name service unavailable".  This can
> be used to indicate, for example, that an attempt was made by dns_query() to
> make a query, but the name server (e.g. a DNS server) it is supposed to contact
> didn't answer or that it couldn't determine the location of a suitable server.

Are these in glibc and are there glibc patches submitted and accepted for
this ?

(I only ask because I know its previously taken years for glibc to catch
up with stuff)
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