> I don't think so. I think it's config file processing lossage; I get
> the same errors with my Debian Linux setup but using the -h option
> wins. (This is not to say that it isn't at root a lookup problem,
> quite possibly in glibc, but if one path to the lookup works and
> another fails, there is definitely a bug in Coda.)
Ah - now that you mention this, I have a dim memory of something
similar. I think in my case the -h option worked (and apparently
looked in the host table) whereas the config file only worked if DNS
was working.
> You might also check into gethostby*() vs. the Unix98 version,
> getsomethingorothersomehow(). (Well, anyway, there is a new function
> and recent GNU libc's deprecate the gethostby* interface.)
I've seen these start to show up in *BSD. I suppose it would be good to have
autoconf check for these and use them if present. There is also
getaddrinfo:
getaddrinfo(const char *nodename, const char *servname,
const struct addrinfo *hints, struct addrinfo **res)
which the KAME (ipv6/ipsec for *bsd) flavor of programs seem to use
for ipv6. I don't know where this sits standards-wise. (I realize
Coda has a long way to go before it works with ipv6, but every little
bit helps.)
