[bug-inetutils] Re: DNS SRV support (patch)

[Simon Josefsson]

Fabricio Matheus Goncalves <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> However, depending on RULI for DNS SRV seem overkill.  Support for SRV
>> can be written in about 100 loc.  See for example:
>> http://josefsson.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/shishi/lib/resolv.c?rev=1.13&view=auto
>
> Since when full rfc compliance is overkill?

What is it about the code that doesn't conform to the RFC?

> PS: the whole point in calling an external library is to avoid unnecessary
> code duplication and take advantage of support and depuration of a
> focused project of years.

The same argument would hold for Arnt's own srv.{h,c} code, from 1998,
which is part of old BIND contrib/srv/, and hopefully soon also
gnulib.  (The code above is derived from his code.)

I'm only offering another option here.  If the GNU InetUtils
maintainers prefer to use RULI, that is their prerogative.

Thanks,
Simon