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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:10:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      Serge van den Boom <svdb@stack.nl>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/34390: incorrect error with getaddrinfo with hostname+AI_NUMERICHOST
Message-ID:  <200201301810.g0UIA3G36491@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR misc/34390; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Serge van den Boom <svdb@stack.nl>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/34390: incorrect error with getaddrinfo with hostname+AI_NUMERICHOST
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:02:33 +0100 (CET)

 On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Serge van den Boom wrote:
 > On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Peter Pentchev wrote:
 > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:06:36AM +0100, Serge van den Boom wrote:
 > > > >Number:         34390
 > > > >Category:       misc
 > > > >Synopsis:       incorrect error with getaddrinfo with hostname+AI_NUMERICHOST
 > > > >Originator:     Serge van den Boom
 > > > >Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-RC i386
 > >
 > > > >Description:
 > > > When using getaddrinfo with AI_NUMERICHOST set in the options field of
 > > > the hints structure, and passing a non-numeric host name, EAI_NODATA
 > > > is returned. RFC 2553 requires an error code of EAI_NONAME in that
 > > > case though, and this is what the getaddrinfo man page also says (in
 > > > fact it's the same text).
 > > Can you try the following patch?  It seems to fix the problem for me.
 > > It is made against RELENG_4 sources, but applies cleanly to -CURRENT, too.
 > Actually, I can't. I don't have root access on the machine I encountered the
 > bug on, or any other 4.5-RC machines.
 > But I've contacted an administrator and he'll apply the patch later today.
 > So I'll get back to you then.
 Verified. It works (no surprise there).
 
 Greetings,
 
 Serge
 
 

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