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fix: use direct TTL field access instead of pointer arithmetic #20
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Modern libunbound (1.4.20+) has a direct 'ttl' field in struct ub_result. The previous pointer arithmetic approach was fragile and often returned 0. This fix directly accesses r->ttl which is reliable and safe. Fixes TTL=0 issue with libunbound 1.19.2 and other modern versions.
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Modern libunbound (1.4.20+) has a direct 'ttl' field in struct ub_result.
The previous pointer arithmetic approach was fragile and often returned 0.
This fix directly accesses r->ttl which is reliable and safe.
Fixes TTL=0 issue with libunbound 1.19.2 and other modern versions.
Tested with libunbound 1.19.2 on Ubuntu 24.04.