From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Finn Thain Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH 36/91] arch/m68k/mac/macboing.c Update broken web addresses in the arch directory. Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 14:59:28 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: References: <1283461746-7905-1-git-send-email-justinmattock@gmail.com> <1283461746-7905-6-git-send-email-justinmattock@gmail.com> <4C80AE79.2040805@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from www.telegraphics.com.au ([204.15.192.19]:40879 "EHLO mail.telegraphics.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750838Ab0IDE7e (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:59:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-m68k-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: "Justin P. Mattock" , Linux/m68k >>From an email I recieved privately, from someone who knows DNS better than I do (hi, Niels), I've learnt that what I wrote is not accurate. The CNAME is actually sufficient, as long as vger continues to treat as an alias for Finn On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, I wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:32, Finn Thain > > wrote: > > > > > > Indeed, the MAINTAINERS file says that the list for arch/m68k/mac/ is > > > linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org. Is this alias still working? Perhaps > > > it should be changed to linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org? > > > > The alias should work: > > > > lists.linux-m68k.org. 86400 IN CNAME vger.kernel.org. > > It works not because of the CNAME record, but because of the MX record: > > $ dig +short mx lists.linux-m68k.org > vger.kernel.org. > 10 vger.kernel.org. > 999 bl-ckh-le.kernel.org. > $ dig +short mx vger.kernel.org > 10 vger.kernel.org. > 999 bl-ckh-le.kernel.org. > > The CNAME means that http://lists.linux-m68k.org/ takes you to vger, and > this only works because the apache vhost on vger is willing to answer to > "lists.linux-m68k.org" as well as "vger.kernel.org"... > > Finn >