Information about the package, libasr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libasr package is designed for, Free, simple and portable asynchronous resolver library.
Package Name:
libasr
Summary:
Free, simple and portable asynchronous resolver library
Description:
Libasr allows to run DNS queries and perform hostname resolutions in a fully asynchronous fashion. The implementation is thread-less, fork-less, and does not make use of signals or other "tricks" that might get in the developer's way. The API was initially developed for the OpenBSD operating system, where it is natively supported. This library is intended to bring this interface to other systems. It is originally provided as a support library for the portable version of the OpenSMTPD daemon, but it can be used in any other contexts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
35 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libasr package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libasr
This command will install libasr on the server.
yum remove libasr
This command will un-install libasr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libasr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libasr
This command will un-install libasr on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libasr when using the -y flag.
yum update libasr
This command will update libasr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libasr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libasr
This command will update libasr to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libasr when using the -y flag.
yum info libasr
This command will show you core information about the libasr package.
yum deplist libasr
This command will show you the dependencies for libasr. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libasr
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libasr. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.