Increase MAXNS to at least 4 as we are in age of dualstack systems
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
glibc (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Currently, according to resolv.comf manpage, it's 3 which might work with singlestack systems, but in dualstack systems ISPs generally have twoIPv4 nameservers and two IPv6 nameservers.
With the current MAXNS Ubuntu only receives three nameservers instead of four which the ISP has (meaning two IPv4 DNS servers and one IPv6 one while even Windows allows 2 two DNS servers per internet protocol version).
```
nameserver Name server IP address
Up to MAXNS (currently 3, see <resolv.h>) name servers may be
name server, and if the query times out, try the next, until out
of name servers, then repeat trying all the name servers until a
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libc6-dev 2.21-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Thu Jan 14 10:23:51 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (32 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151212)
SourcePackage: glibc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in glibc (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.