-#else BSD
- if (sendto(s, buf, buflen, 0, &_res.nsaddr_list[ns],
- sizeof(struct sockaddr)) != buflen) {
+#if BSD >= 43
+ /*
+ * I'm tired of answering this question, so:
+ * On a 4.3BSD+ machine (client and server,
+ * actually), sending to a nameserver datagram
+ * port with no nameserver will cause an
+ * ICMP port unreachable message to be returned.
+ * If our datagram socket is "connected" to the
+ * server, we get an ECONNREFUSED error on the next
+ * socket operation, and select returns if the
+ * error message is received. We can thus detect
+ * the absence of a nameserver without timing out.
+ * If we have sent queries to at least two servers,
+ * however, we don't want to remain connected,
+ * as we wish to receive answers from the first
+ * server to respond.
+ */
+ if (_res.nscount == 1 || (try == 0 && ns == 0)) {
+ /*
+ * Don't use connect if we might
+ * still receive a response
+ * from another server.
+ */
+ if (connected == 0) {
+ if (connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&_res.nsaddr_list[ns],
+ sizeof(struct sockaddr)) < 0) {