On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 03:56:40PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > Note that gethostbyname() only resolves AF_INET addresses, i. e. IPv4, > ltrace (on SuSE Linux 9.2) reveals that gethostbyname returns NULL. This > is correct behavior. POSIX:
> The glibc manual page is bogus and doesn't match the info file or actual > behavior and needs to be fixed. Please file a bug report against glibc. The manual page isn't actually from glibc. Advising applications to watch out for AAAA addresses being returned by IPv6 lookups is actually sensible behaviour since there's a RFC 2133 specified resolver option inet6 which can result in IPv6 addresses being returned by gethostbyname(). -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
