[CFR] reflect resolv.conf update to running application

[Alexander Leidinger]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:37:56 +0100 (BST)
Robert Watson <rwatson at freebsd.org> wrote:

> (2) By reading the configuration file more frequently and more quickly
>      after a change, we increase the chances of a race condition in which
>      the resolve reads a partially written resolv.conf file during an
>      update.  Does this happen in practice?  I've always been very leery of
>      re-reading configuration files automatically based on a time-stamp, as
>      updates to files are not atomic at all.

Can kqueue be used instead of polling?

Bye,
Alexander.

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