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diff --git a/fetchmail.c b/fetchmail.c
index 443b1feb..6a33c3d7 100644
--- a/fetchmail.c
+++ b/fetchmail.c
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
#include "i18n.h"
#include "lock.h"
+/* need these (and sys/types.h) for res_init() */
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/nameser.h>
+#include <resolv.h>
+
#ifndef ENETUNREACH
#define ENETUNREACH 128 /* Interactive doesn't know this */
#endif /* ENETUNREACH */
@@ -669,6 +674,22 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
sethostent(TRUE); /* use TCP/IP for mailserver queries */
#endif /* HAVE_RES_SEARCH */
+#ifdef HAVE_RES_SEARCH
+ /* Boldly assume that we also have res_init() if we have
+ * res_search(), and call res_init() to re-read the resolv.conf
+ * file, so that we can pick up changes to that file that are
+ * written by dhpccd, dhclient, pppd, openvpn and similar. */
+
+ /* NOTE: This assumes that /etc/resolv.conf is written
+ * atomically (i. e. a temporary file is written, flushed and
+ * then renamed into place). To fix Debian Bug#389270. */
+
+ /* NOTE: If this leaks memory or doesn't re-read
+ * /etc/resolv.conf, we're in trouble. The res_init() interface
+ * is only lightly documented :-( */
+ res_init();
+#endif
+
activecount = 0;
batchcount = 0;
for (ctl = querylist; ctl; ctl = ctl->next)