[245] in Hesiod
does hesiod use these?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (paul@vix.com)
Tue Aug 30 03:54:59 1994
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Subject: will anybody mind if UINFO,UID,GID,UNSPEC all disappear in 4.9.4?
Date: 29 Aug 1994 17:41:08 -0700
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Subject: Re: New records...
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In-reply-to: alek@io.org's message of 28 Aug 1994 14:50:06 -0400
> I have noticed some new record types in 4.9.3 (uinfo, uid, gid, unspec),
> and perhaps others. I have not been able to find any references to their
> syntax in any of the RFCs. Can anyone tell me what is the purpose of these
> new records, and their syntax....
Well, heck. These aren't new. 4.9[.x] inherited them from BIND 4.8.3. On
the other hand, they aren't standard, noone says they are using them, and I
don't know who put that code in. I'll likely remove them some time soon.
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Paul Vixie
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