Bug 10859

Summary:	getent hosts doesn't search ipv4 when ipv6 is configured
Product:	glibc	Reporter:	Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar>
Component:	libc	Assignee:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	glibc-bugs
Priority:	P2	Flags:	fweimer: security-
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
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Description Matus UHLAR - fantomas 2009-10-28 14:45:49 UTC

when host has AAAA record, getent hosts only resolves that one, not the A records:

% getent hosts www.uniqueflooring.sk.
2001:1ba0:2a0:5965::20:1 www.uniqueflooring.sk

% host www.uniqueflooring.sk.
www.uniqueflooring.sk has address 217.67.30.20
www.uniqueflooring.sk has IPv6 address 2001:1ba0:2a0:5965::20:1

imho it should look and report A records too...

Comment 1 Ulrich Drepper 2009-10-28 15:02:49 UTC

That's why there is getent ahosts ...

Comment 2 Matus UHLAR - fantomas 2009-10-28 15:35:10 UTC

I'm using getent hosts in script(s) since it's the easiest tool to do this job. 

getent ahosts has totally different output and doesn't return the ipv6 address
on all systems (checked gentoo linux glibc 2.6.1 x86_64, suse linux glibc 2.4
x86_64). If you don't find even this a bug, I'm sorry.