Bbtest-net hanging on Solaris, too 🔗 link

Hobbit-folk -- did anyone get to the bottom of the "bbtest-net" hang
problem?  I saw that someone reported this under Linux a couple of weeks
ago.  I am using Solaris 8, and I am getting about the same problem --
and out of the blue, too.

I am using 4.2.0 with some (not all) of the patches applied.

Henrik, let me know what you need -- I have debug log files and a core
dump.  According to the debug file, it runs a bunch DNS queries and then
stops.  The prstat commands says that it is sleeping -- no CPU.

I restarted the entire Hobbit server and it worked for about 15 minutes
and then died again.

Sure would like to have some ideas about what to do...meanwhile I will
keep banging on it.

GLH

Hobbit-folk,

Well, I was able to work around this problem by pointing at another DNS
server.  It turns out that I had a few hosts that would not resolve.  At
least they don't resolve on the DNS server that I changed over to.

What made me suspicious was that the last entry in the log file was
something about "Got DNS...." which ceased after the last good host.

So, Henrik, the timeout on the ARES code is not working any more?  Or is
not reliable?

GLH