[Xastir-dev] Forking for hostname lookup

[John Ronan]

Jason Godfrey wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Currently xastir does a fork when it does a DNS lookup. I'm wondering
> if the developers still consider that useful. My guess is yes, but I
> thought I would ask.
>
> I am working on adding IPv6 support to xastir. I've got the basics
> working, but right now I am doing to the fork for hostname lookup.
> Trying to pass the data back to another process complicates keeping
> the lookup protocol neutral. If I can avoid the fork that would be
> nice, if that is still desired I can work on keeping it in.
>
> Thanks
> - Jason
>
>   
Jason,

Did you have a look at the patch I submitted ages ago.  I didn't want to 
mess too much with the existing code, so when I encountered that 'fork' 
I stopped.

John