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Gisle Vanem 00a7dda273 Use config-win32.h on Windows. Fixes for djgpp. 2005-11-10 16:55:59 +00:00
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vc Remove generated files areslib.plg areslib.mak from CVS. 2005-11-10 16:42:07 +00:00
.cvsignore ignore this 2004-10-24 13:02:46 +00:00
AUTHORS credits 2005-04-11 14:07:02 +00:00
CHANGES Added constants that will be used by ares_getaddrinfo. Made ares_getnameinfo use the reentrant getservbyport (getservbyport_r) if it isavailable to ensure it works properly in a threaded environment 2005-09-18 16:44:49 +00:00
FILES Added Makefile.vc6. 2005-11-09 22:17:13 +00:00
Makefile.am well hit me, that wasn't possible, use 1:0:0 anyway... 2005-08-21 21:27:19 +00:00
Makefile.dj Update with "new" HAVE_xx. 2005-11-09 22:52:45 +00:00
Makefile.inc fixed line endings so it works again with gnu make on Win32. 2005-08-10 16:54:00 +00:00
Makefile.m32 Defines moved to config-win32.h. 2005-11-10 16:52:43 +00:00
Makefile.netware minor Makefile fix. 2005-08-10 21:45:59 +00:00
Makefile.vc6 Defines moved to config-win32.h. 2005-11-10 16:52:43 +00:00
NEWS - Fixed a few variable return types for some system calls. Made configure 2004-07-22 22:18:45 +00:00
README point out that this is a forked project, all c-ares specific stuff is now 2004-01-29 11:32:45 +00:00
README.cares edited slightly, point out our new mailinglist 2004-04-01 08:25:23 +00:00
acinclude.m4 Added constants that will be used by ares_getaddrinfo. Made ares_getnameinfo use the reentrant getservbyport (getservbyport_r) if it isavailable to ensure it works properly in a threaded environment 2005-09-18 16:44:49 +00:00
adig.c removed tabs and trailing whitespace from source 2004-10-06 07:50:18 +00:00
ahost.c removed tabs and trailing whitespace from source 2004-10-06 07:50:18 +00:00
ares.h Replace <winsock.h> with <winsock2.h> 2005-11-09 22:32:45 +00:00
ares__close_sockets.c Changes for Watt-32 on Windows. I've assumed Configure 2004-08-20 13:45:26 +00:00
ares__get_hostent.c Added include for inet_net_pton.h to ares__get_hostent.c 2005-04-08 16:22:51 +00:00
ares__read_line.c removed tabs and trailing whitespace from source 2004-10-06 07:50:18 +00:00
ares_cancel.3 mention incompatibilities with ares 2004-10-26 08:08:41 +00:00
ares_cancel.c - Fixed a few variable return types for some system calls. Made configure 2004-07-22 22:18:45 +00:00
ares_destroy.3 NORECURSE clarification, minor formatting update 2004-12-07 10:43:21 +00:00
ares_destroy.c - Fixed a few variable return types for some system calls. Made configure 2004-07-22 22:18:45 +00:00
ares_dns.h removed tabs and trailing whitespace from source 2004-10-06 07:50:18 +00:00
ares_expand_name.3 removed odd newline 2004-02-03 08:47:26 +00:00
ares_expand_name.c William Ahern: 2005-06-02 11:09:10 +00:00
ares_expand_string.3 Dominick Meglio's new ares_expand_string() function 2004-03-30 09:06:42 +00:00
ares_expand_string.c Changes for Watt-32 on Windows. I've assumed Configure 2004-08-20 13:45:26 +00:00
ares_fds.3 ares 1.1.1 with collected applied patches 2003-10-07 21:54:04 +00:00
ares_fds.c untabified 2004-12-10 21:46:00 +00:00
ares_free_hostent.3 Made ares_free_hostent man page refer to ares_parse_aaaa_reply 2005-05-16 19:23:57 +00:00
ares_free_hostent.c Changes for Watt-32 on Windows. I've assumed Configure 2004-08-20 13:45:26 +00:00
ares_free_string.3 Dominick Meglio's new ares_expand_string() function 2004-03-30 09:06:42 +00:00
ares_free_string.c - Fixed a few variable return types for some system calls. Made configure 2004-07-22 22:18:45 +00:00
ares_gethostbyaddr.3 edits, mainly to make the generated html output nicer 2004-04-02 09:56:01 +00:00
ares_gethostbyaddr.c detabified 2005-08-18 08:48:31 +00:00
ares_gethostbyname.3 edits, mainly to make the generated html output nicer 2004-04-02 09:56:01 +00:00
ares_gethostbyname.c detabified 2005-08-18 08:48:31 +00:00
ares_getnameinfo.3 Added ares_getnameinfo which mimics the getnameinfo API 2005-05-16 18:06:54 +00:00
ares_getnameinfo.c Ok, based on the online docs for AIX'es getservbyport_r() I adjusted to code 2005-10-03 10:12:06 +00:00
ares_init.3 NORECURSE clarification, minor formatting update 2004-12-07 10:43:21 +00:00
ares_init.c Alfredo Tupone provided a fix for the Windows code in get_iphlpapi_dns_info() 2005-08-21 21:09:44 +00:00
ares_init_options.3 ares 1.1.1 with collected applied patches 2003-10-07 21:54:04 +00:00
ares_ipv6.h Added some checks for the addrinfo structure. 2005-06-19 16:58:40 +00:00
ares_mkquery.3 minor edits 2004-04-02 09:50:42 +00:00
ares_mkquery.c Tupone Alfredo fixed includes of arpa/nameser_compat.h to build fine on Mac OS 2005-04-06 22:27:42 +00:00
ares_parse_a_reply.3 Dominick Meglio man page fixes 2004-04-01 06:10:56 +00:00
ares_parse_a_reply.c Tupone Alfredo fixed includes of arpa/nameser_compat.h to build fine on Mac OS 2005-04-06 22:27:42 +00:00
ares_parse_aaaa_reply.3 the ares_parse_aaaa_reply man page 2005-03-11 08:34:51 +00:00
ares_parse_aaaa_reply.c Fixed for Mac OS X builds based on excellent feedback from Heinz Stockinger. 2005-04-22 15:01:02 +00:00
ares_parse_ptr_reply.3 Dominick Meglio man page fixes 2004-04-01 06:10:56 +00:00
ares_parse_ptr_reply.c Tupone Alfredo fixed includes of arpa/nameser_compat.h to build fine on Mac OS 2005-04-06 22:27:42 +00:00
ares_private.h make ares compile again for NetWare. 2005-08-10 17:03:53 +00:00
ares_process.3 minor edits 2004-04-02 09:50:42 +00:00
ares_process.c make ares compile again for NetWare. 2005-08-10 17:03:53 +00:00
ares_query.3 ares 1.1.1 with collected applied patches 2003-10-07 21:54:04 +00:00
ares_query.c Tupone Alfredo fixed includes of arpa/nameser_compat.h to build fine on Mac OS 2005-04-06 22:27:42 +00:00
ares_search.3 ares 1.1.1 with collected applied patches 2003-10-07 21:54:04 +00:00
ares_search.c removed tabs and trailing whitespace from source 2004-10-06 07:50:18 +00:00
ares_send.3 Dominick Meglio man page fixes 2004-04-01 06:10:56 +00:00
ares_send.c Tupone Alfredo fixed includes of arpa/nameser_compat.h to build fine on Mac OS 2005-04-06 22:27:42 +00:00
ares_strerror.3 mention incompatibilities with ares 2004-10-26 08:08:41 +00:00
ares_strerror.c Added ares_getnameinfo which mimics the getnameinfo API 2005-05-16 18:06:54 +00:00
ares_timeout.3 minor edits 2004-04-02 09:50:42 +00:00
ares_timeout.c removed tabs and trailing whitespace from source 2004-10-06 07:50:18 +00:00
ares_version.3 added notes about incompatible functions 2004-02-03 09:16:40 +00:00
ares_version.c - Fixed a few variable return types for some system calls. Made configure 2004-07-22 22:18:45 +00:00
ares_version.h the new functions and the upcoming ipv6 calls for the next version to become 2005-05-02 22:33:57 +00:00
bitncmp.c Removed usage of u_int and u_char 2005-04-09 23:46:31 +00:00
bitncmp.h Added preliminary IPv6 support to ares_gethostbyname 2005-04-08 19:46:46 +00:00
buildconf Allow environment variables to override default autotools. 2005-04-13 00:32:33 +00:00
config-win32.h Easy configuration with this file. 2005-11-10 16:50:21 +00:00
configure.ac simplified the sin6_scope_id test and removed some left-overs from the previous 2005-09-21 09:10:17 +00:00
inet_net_pton.c indented source to look more like other ares code, 2005-04-19 23:36:21 +00:00
inet_net_pton.h Attempted to fix c-ares not building on non-IPv6 systems 2005-04-15 15:25:16 +00:00
inet_ntop.c Converted some macros to use NS_* so they work on non-IPv6 systems 2005-05-15 16:31:01 +00:00
inet_ntop.h Added an inet_ntop function from BIND for systems that do not have it 2005-05-14 18:35:20 +00:00
install-sh added for completeness 2003-10-08 20:18:15 +00:00
maketgz maketgz now creates a ares_version.h.dist file with the given version data 2004-10-24 13:02:09 +00:00
mkinstalldirs added for completeness 2003-10-08 20:18:15 +00:00
nameser.h better errno constant replacements, as mentioned by Gisle Vanem 2005-04-06 21:14:58 +00:00
setup.h Use config-win32.h on Windows. Fixes for djgpp. 2005-11-10 16:55:59 +00:00
windows_port.c Replace IsNT with IS_NT(). 2004-11-10 14:23:20 +00:00

README

This is c-ares, a forked version of the original ares. The original ares
README follows below, the c-ares specific details are in README.cares

====================================================================

This is ares, an asynchronous resolver library.  It is intended for
applications which need to perform DNS queries without blocking, or
need to perform multiple DNS queries in parallel.  The primary
examples of such applications are servers which communicate with
multiple clients and programs with graphical user interfaces.

This library implementation is not especially portable to crufty old
systems like SunOS 4.  It assumes a compiler which can handle ANSI C
syntax, a system malloc which properly handles realloc(NULL, foo) and
free(NULL), and a reasonably up-to-date <arpa/nameser.h>.

I have attempted to preserve the externally visible behavior of the
BIND resolver in nearly all respects.  The API of the library is, of
course, very different from the synchronous BIND API; instead of
invoking a function like res_send() and getting a return value back
indicating the number of bytes in the response, you invoke a function
like ares_send() and give it a callback function to invoke when the
response arrives.  You then have to select() on the file descriptors
indicated by ares_fds(), with a timeout given by ares_timeout().  You
call ares_process() when select() returns.

Some features are missing from the current version of ares, relative
to the BIND resolver:

	* There is no IPV6 support.
	* There is no hostname verification.
	* There is no logging of unexpected events.
	* There is no debugging-oriented logging.
	* There is no YP support.

libares requires an ANSI compiler to compile and use.  To build the
library, just run "./configure" and "make".  To install it, run "make
install".  Run "./configure --help" to see a list of options you can
provide to configure to change how the library builds.  libares has no
data files, so you can move the include file and library around freely
without leaving behind any dependencies on old paths.  Building the
library will also build the "adig" program, a little toy for trying
out the library.  It doesn't get installed.

libares is distributed at athena-dist.mit.edu:pub/ATHENA/ares.  Please
send bug reports and comments to ghudson@mit.edu.