Re: multiple A records

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At 16:30 01/07/97 +0200, Oskar Pearson wrote:
>Ed Knowles wrote:
>>
>> G'day Oskar!
>>
>> Compile 1.1.11 with -DRETRY_CONNECT=1 (it's the default in 1.2.alpha)
and see
>> how you go.

It would have been nice if this feature had been announced!!!! (And why
isn't it the default in 1.1.11 anyway?).

>hmm:
>
> if (++connectState->tries == 4)
> return 0;
>
>firstly - I can't find where connectState->tries is set to 0
>(->host and ->port are, but I presume that this is reset to 0 with strdup
>or mdup or something)

Look at the following in commConnectStart in comm.c, where the struct is
allocated. Its a calloc, not a malloc:

    ConnectStateData *cs = xcalloc(1, sizeof(ConnectStateData));

>Also:
>can't we get ipcacheCycleAddr to return addrs.count and then pass that
>instead of using the arbitrary number 4? (or am I missing something -
probably,
>if I know my coding skills)

I see no reason why not, but I'm no expert.

Jonathan L.

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