Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 15:15:04 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Lister <freebsd-lists@lister.dnsalias.net> To: Hiten Pandya <hiten@angelica.unixdaemons.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gethostbyname_r() fbsd equiv? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0209300952570.67125-100000@sapporo.home> In-Reply-To: <20020927144504.A42463@angelica.unixdaemons.com>
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On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Hiten Pandya wrote: >Doesnt getaddrinfo() do whatever gethostbyname() can do? And also, if >my source of information is correct, getaddrinfo() should be thread-safe >and also, it is under the POSIX p1003.1g. Generally speaking, yes. Actually, POSIX 1003.1g doesn't require thread safety, but RFC 2553 does. Unfortunately FreeBSD doesn't currently have a thread safe implementation, and so gethostbyname is sadly a better choice if you need thread safety. (I think this is the only platform I've come across where this is the case) Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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