c-ares-1.18.1

Introduction to c-ares

c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.

Install c-ares by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr .. &&
make

This package does not include a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Installed Programs: acountry, adig, and ahost

Installed Libraries: libcares.so

Installed Directories: None

acountry	prints the country where an IPv4 address or host is located
adig	queries information from DNS servers
ahost	prints the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address
`libcares.so`	is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests