Re: Net::DNS broke qpsmtpd-forkserver

On 2012-12-27 14:26:28 -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> I just restarted qpsmtpd after a reboot and it was no longer receiving
> mail.  In my logs I saw messages that said
> 
>     method Net::DNS::Header::nextid undefined at ./qpsmtpd-forkserver line 288.
> 
> The problem is in this block of code:
> 
>     # all children should have different seeds, to prevent conflicts
>     srand();
>     for (0 .. rand(65536)) {
>         Net::DNS::Header::nextid();
>     }
[...]
> That fixed my immediate problem, but since I don't really understand
> what that block is trying to do, I don't know if it introduces any
> other problems.

That block was a crude workaround for a bug in Net::DNS. IIRC it has
been fixed a long time ago, so it should be safe to remove that block
completely. I'd have to check the code of Net::DNS to be sure, though.

	hp

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