Date: 02 Aug 2001 17:15:30 +0200 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@netbsd.org> To: itojun@iijlab.net Cc: tech-net@netbsd.org, net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getaddrinfo() and PF_LOCAL Message-ID: <5lk80mebn1.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: itojun@iijlab.net's message of "Thu, 02 Aug 2001 20:24:26 %2B0900" References: <14756.996751466@itojun.org>
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itojun@iijlab.net writes: > we had a local discussion within KAME. we do not really like to > support PF_LOCAL, unless there's clear standard behavior for AF_LOCAL > case. I think this is the wrong approach. If we're always going to wait for a clear and standarized behaviour of something before implementing it, I'm afraid that this is not going to appear and if there is actually a standard for it, then it will have been written without the help of implementation and usage experience. > getaddrinfo/ > getnameinfo behavior itself is rather vaguely defined in the standards > (POSIX drafts as well as RFC2553/bis), and we don't want to add > more jitter to it. agree :-) /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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