Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:31:39 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: phk@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: kewarken@qnx.com, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/23327: address like 10.51 (meaning 10.0.0.51) does not work in hosts file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012191220020.7528-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200012182112.eBILCLB42759@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> As far as I recall this is by design. A dig in the mail-archives
> will probably show the discussion, I seem to recall some traditionalist
> opposition (probably fielded by Garrett) against the change but the
> consensus nontheless being that in FreeBSD at least IP numbers
> are #.#.#.# all the time.
Behaviour is dependent on the application; ping(8) uses inet_pton(3) which
return an error if the string has <4 octets.
eg:
$ tail -2 /etc/hosts
10.61 test
10.0.0.62 test1
$ telnet test
Trying 10.0.0.61...
^C
$ telnet test1
Trying 10.0.0.62...
^C
$ ping test
ping: cannot resolve test: Unknown host
$ ping test1
PING test1 (10.0.0.62): 56 data bytes
...
Perhaps inet_pton(3) should be taught how to translate all valid[1]
internet addresses.
[1] man 3 inet_addr
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Andy Farkas
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