From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 15:22:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C98216A4CE; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:22:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from farside.isc.org (farside.isc.org [204.152.187.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AAD243D3F; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:22:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by farside.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 758BCA83E; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:22:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2HNMJqW032632; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:22:20 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200403172322.i2HNMJqW032632@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO From: Mark Andrews In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2004 03:07:49 +0900." Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:22:19 +1100 Sender: Mark_Andrews@isc.org cc: Dave Hart cc: Mark Andrews cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ftp.perl.org strangeness X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:22:28 -0000 Hacking the resolver is *not* the correct fix. Fixing applications which fail to use getaddrinfo() is the first step. Fixing any problem which make AI_ADDRCONFIG fail to work is the the second step. Yes it is more work but it is the correct thing to do. -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org