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Re: getipnodebyname() is not exported from the shared library
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Subject: Re: getipnodebyname() is not exported from the shared library
- From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at ds2 dot pg dot gda dot pl>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:59:06 +0200 (MET DST)
- cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: Technical University of Gdansk
On 31 Jul 2000, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > Getipnodebyname() is not marked public and thus it does not get exported
> > from the shared library. The following trivial patch fixes it.
>
> It will not be exported - but instead it will be removed. Even if
> it's in the latest ipv6 RFC draft, it's already obsolete. Use
> getipaddr instead.
Hmm, but it does not exist anywhere within glibc. Also getipnodebyname()
is still declared in <netdb.h> and available from conventional libraries.
And what about getipnodebyaddr()?
Where can I get any spec of getipaddr()? -- this whole IPv6 mess is
frustrating -- you need to rewrite programs once a year at least...
Maciej
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