> rsync supports a fair number of unix-like platforms at the moment, > some of which are rather old or idiosyncratic. So, while the new > IPv6/v4 sockets API looks quite nice, I think we cannot count on it > being present. Any advice here would be welcome. The KAME patch > seems to *replace* the old interface by the new one, which is OK for a > patch but would probably not be adequate if we want a single tree that > will build on old platforms.
sumikawa> One idea is providing compatible funcions, sumikawa> getaddrinfo()/getnameinfo() for IPv4 only environment in sumikawa> missing/ directry and detect their existence by sumikawa> AC_CHECK_FUNC. sumikawa> I think my tiny program is good example, please see the below: sumikawa> ftp://ftp.don.to/pub/wmmp3/wmmp3-0.2.tar.gz oops, this idea was already implemented. lib/getaddrinfo.c and lib/getnameinfo.c in the KAME patch are compatible functions. --- Munechika SUMIKAWA @ KAME Project
