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diff --git a/lisp/net/dns.el b/lisp/net/dns.el
index e52ead1fb72..ea1c805c6b9 100644
--- a/lisp/net/dns.el
+++ b/lisp/net/dns.el
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
"List of DNS servers to query.
If nil, /etc/resolv.conf and nslookup will be consulted.")
+(defvar dns-servers-valid-for-interfaces nil
+ "The return value of `network-interface-list' when `dns-servers' was set.
+If the set of network interfaces and/or their IP addresses
+change, then presumably the list of DNS servers needs to be
+updated. Set this variable to t to disable the check.")
+
;;; Internal code:
(defvar dns-query-types
@@ -297,6 +303,17 @@ If TCP-P, the first two bytes of the package with be the length field."
(t string)))
(goto-char point))))
+(declare-function network-interface-list "process.c")
+
+(defun dns-servers-up-to-date-p ()
+ "Return false if we need to recheck the list of DNS servers."
+ (and dns-servers
+ (or (eq dns-servers-valid-for-interfaces t)
+ ;; `network-interface-list' was introduced in Emacs 22.1.
+ (not (fboundp 'network-interface-list))
+ (equal dns-servers-valid-for-interfaces
+ (network-interface-list)))))
+
(defun dns-set-servers ()
"Set `dns-servers' to a list of DNS servers or nil if none are found.
Parses \"/etc/resolv.conf\" or calls \"nslookup\"."
@@ -314,7 +331,9 @@ Parses \"/etc/resolv.conf\" or calls \"nslookup\"."
(goto-char (point-min))
(re-search-forward
"^Address:[ \t]*\\([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\)" nil t)
- (setq dns-servers (list (match-string 1)))))))
+ (setq dns-servers (list (match-string 1))))))
+ (when (fboundp 'network-interface-list)
+ (setq dns-servers-valid-for-interfaces (network-interface-list))))
(defun dns-read-txt (string)
(if (> (length string) 1)
@@ -378,7 +397,7 @@ Parses \"/etc/resolv.conf\" or calls \"nslookup\"."
If FULLP, return the entire record returned.
If REVERSEP, look up an IP address."
(setq type (or type 'A))
- (unless dns-servers
+ (unless (dns-servers-up-to-date-p)
(dns-set-servers))
(when reversep