curl-library
Re: DNS caching - a documentation/implementation mismatch?
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:42:18 +0100 (CET)
On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Shmulik Regev wrote:
> I guess changing the implementation to honor the caching option is not
> planned, right? :)
I don't normally change things that are working with no reported problems, and
this is no exception. You are the first to bring this up.
> Maybe adding a function to explicitly triggering cache pruning will be
> sufficient. I overcame this problem by using an entirely new multi handle.
What problem did you face because of this?
> I'm no tech writing expert, but maybe a note saying : "Every DNS result is
> cached with regards to the current connection it uses. Specifically when
> using the multi interface with persistent connections each connection will
> cache its DNS results for its entire lifetime". I assume this is also the
> case with easy handles that are reused.
Yes, AFAIR this is the same no matter what interface you use.
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