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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:23:31 +0900
From:      Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, FreeBSD current mailing list <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: addr2ascii() to be retired ?
Message-ID:  <ygemzfgywd8.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060324100007.C2181@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
References:  <51873.1143193173@critter.freebsd.dk> <20060324100007.C2181@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>

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Hi,

>>>>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:07:57 +0000 (UTC)
>>>>> "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> said:

bzeeb> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> I noticed while hunting around for what eventually proved to be
> getnameinfo() that addr2ascii() is not used anywhere in our tree.
>
> Was that API ever used anywhere but in INRIAs IPv6 ?

bzeeb> I think it was part of earlier drafts of RFC 2133 which now is 3493.
bzeeb> We have inet_ntop instead now[1].

Yes, we don't use it from anywhere in our tree.

> Should we discontinue it ?

bzeeb> +1

+1

However, it seems addr2ascii() supports AF_LINK which our
getnameinfo() doesn't support.  Since NetBSD's getnameinfo() supports
AF_LINK, it may better to take it from NetBSD.

Sincerely,

--
Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
ume@mahoroba.org  ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org
http://www.imasy.org/~ume/



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