From: Renaud Allard <renaud@allard.it>
Subject: Maximum number of nameservers in resolv.conf
To: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:26:48 +0100

Hello,

The man page of resolv.conf states:
"Up to ASR_MAXNS (currently 5) name servers may be listed"

I cannot find any value for ASR_MAXNS in /usr/include

But /usr/include/resolv.h contains:
"#define   MAXNS                   3       /* max # name servers we'll 
track */"

Is there something wrong in the man page or am I missing something?

If it's a man page mistake, I attached a small diff.


Thanks,
Best Regards


Index: resolv.conf.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5,v
diff -r1.65 resolv.conf.5
89,90c89,90
< .Dv ASR_MAXNS
< (currently 5) name servers may be listed, one per line.
---
> .Dv MAXNS
> (currently 3) name servers may be listed, one per line.