Patches item #1675455, was opened at 2007-03-07 00:19 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1675455&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Library (Lib) Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: David Cantrell (dcantrell-rh) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Use getaddrinfo() in urllib2.py for IPv6 support Initial Comment: A number of base Python modules use gethostbyname() when they should be using getaddrinfo(). The big limitation hit when using gethostbyname() is the lack of IPv6 support. This first patch is for urllib2.py. It replaces all uses of gethostbyname() with getaddrinfo() instead. getaddrinfo() returns a 5-tuple, so additional code needs to wrap a getaddrinfo() call when replacing gethostbyname() calls. Still should be pretty simple to read. I'd like to see this patch added to the next stable release of Python, if at all possible. I am working up patches for the other modules I see in the Lib/ subdirectory that could use getaddrinfo() instead of gethostbyname(). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1675455&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Patches mailing list Patches@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/patches
