c-ares-1.34.5

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 12.4 platform.

Download (HTTP): https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.34.5/c-ares-1.34.5.tar.gz
Download SHA256 Sum: 7d935790e9af081c25c495fd13c2cfcda4792983418e96358ef6e7320ee06346
Download MD5 sum: 2c6dae580c2ef4ca03c1a27959bb9727
Download size: 988 KB
Estimated disk space required: 11 MB
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

Prepare c-ares by running the following commands:

cmake -B build -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr

Now Build c-ares, issue:

cmake --build build

This package does not include a test suite.

Now Install c-ares as the root user:

cmake --install build

Installed Programs: adig and ahost

Installed Libraries: libcares.so

Installed Directories: None

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