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authorJakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>2010-05-31 16:32:54 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2010-06-02 23:12:04 +0200
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ares_init: Last, not first instance of domain or search should win
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@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ or the domain derived from the kernel hostname variable.
.B ARES_OPT_LOOKUPS
.B char *\fIlookups\fP;
.br
-The lookups to perform for host queries.
+The lookups to perform for host queries.
.I lookups
should be set to a string of the characters "b" or "f", where "b"
indicates a DNS lookup and "f" indicates a lookup in the hosts file.
@@ -189,6 +189,27 @@ The process's available memory was exhausted.
.TP 14
.B ARES_ENOTINITIALIZED
c-ares library initialization not yet performed.
+.SH NOTES
+When initializing from
+.B /etc/resolv.conf,
+.BR ares_init (3)
+reads the
+.I domain
+and
+.I search
+directives to allow lookups of short names relative to the domains
+specified. The
+.I domain
+and
+.I search
+directives override one another. If more that one instance of either
+.I domain
+or
+.I search
+directives is specified, the last occurence wins. For more information,
+please see the
+.BR resolv.conf (5)
+manual page.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ares_destroy(3),
.BR ares_dup(3),