From 12dc142a2847c11596ecd44c7a4d2d57960dcd85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:20:58 +0000
Subject: Dominick Meglio host file path discovery patch for windows

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 ares/CHANGES | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

(limited to 'ares/CHANGES')

diff --git a/ares/CHANGES b/ares/CHANGES
index 869ad02ff..0c3d6a3d5 100644
--- a/ares/CHANGES
+++ b/ares/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
   Changelog for the c-ares project
 
+* September 26
+
+- Dominick Meglio patched: C-ares on Windows assumed that the HOSTS file is
+  located in a static location. It assumed
+  C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc. This is a poor assumption to make. In fact,
+  the location of the HOSTS file can be changed via a registry setting.
+
+  There is a key called DatabasePath which specifies the path to the HOSTS
+  file:
+  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/deploy/depovg/tcpip2k.mspx
+
+  The patch will make c-ares correctly consult the registry for the location
+  of this file.
+
 * August 29
 
 - Gisle Vanem fixed the MSVC build files.
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