Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 21:34:08 +0900 (JST) From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org> To: ru@FreeBSD.org Cc: Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com, sheldonh@starjuice.net, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net gethostbyname.3 Message-ID: <20010809.213408.78798491.ume@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010809151815.A36094@sunbay.com> References: <20010809095906.C91485@sunbay.com> <20010809.205147.104122969.ume@FreeBSD.org> <20010809151815.A36094@sunbay.com>
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>>>>> On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:18:15 +0300,
>>>>> Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> said:
ru> > ru> How about implementing these as wrappers to get{addr,name}info(3)?
ru> >
ru> > Sorry but I cannot imagin your idea. Dou you mean application may
ru> > call such wrapper function instead of getaddrinfo()? If so, it means
ru> > we create new API and it affects many applications. I think it
ru> > shouldn't.
ru> >
ru> Nope, I mean what if we implement gethostby*() using get*info(),
ru> internally?
I see. It may good idea to wipe out duplicate functionality
internally. However, it doesn't solve the problem. As premise,
gethostbyname() cannot treat AF_INET6 and AF_UNSPEC. This is a reason
why we should use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname() from IPv6
perspective.
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