Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 01:11:26 +0900 From: JINMEI Tatuya / =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCP0BMQEMjOkgbKEI=?= <jinmei@isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp> To: n@nectar.com Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getaddrinfo and the UNIX domain Message-ID: <y7vg0lfpqz5.wl@condor.isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp> In-Reply-To: In your message of "Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:05:29 -0600" <20001029100529.B26020@spawn.nectar.com> References: <20001028163909.A77420@hamlet.nectar.com> <y7vvgucpcp4.wl@condor.isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp> <20001029100529.B26020@spawn.nectar.com>
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>>>>> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:05:29 -0600, >>>>> "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> said: >> By the way, in my understanding, if getaddrinfo supported PF_UNIX, it >> would take the filename as its 1st argument: >> >> getaddrinfo("/tmp/some-socket", NULL, &hints, &res); > In the absence of any standard, I think either way could be argued. > For example, as a counter argument, > The address parameter specifies a machine or network interface, > and in the local domain one there is only one possible machine. > Therefore, the address parameter should be NULL, and the service > parameter specifies the `port' or `SAP'. I admit you could say that (thus I added "in my understanding" in my previous message). Anyway, the problem is that there's no standard about combination of PF_UNIX and getaddrinfo(), as itojun pointed out. JINMEI, Tatuya Communication Platform Lab. Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp. jinmei@isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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