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commit ed0874085976531bda8a05540b0816e8bf711b71
Author: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Date:   Sat Apr 3 17:56:51 2010 -0700

    Document problem with NATs in getaddrinfo.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 27678bf..dd6b608 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2010-04-03  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	[BZ #11438]
+	* posix/gai.conf: Document problems with IPv4 site-local addresses and
+	NATs.
+
 	[BZ #11449]
 	* crypt/crypt_util.c (__init_des_r): Add memory barrier before setting
 	small_tables_initialized.
diff --git a/posix/gai.conf b/posix/gai.conf
index 3dba1a9..195287e 100644
--- a/posix/gai.conf
+++ b/posix/gai.conf
@@ -66,3 +66,12 @@
 #scopev4 ::ffff:172.16.0.0/108   5
 #scopev4 ::ffff:192.168.0.0/112  5
 #scopev4 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96       14
+#
+#    For sites which use site-local IPv4 addresses behind NAT there is
+#    the problem that even if IPv4 addresses are preferred they do not
+#    have the same scope and are therefore not sorted first.  To change
+#    this use only these rules:
+#
+#scopev4 ::ffff:169.254.0.0/112  2
+#scopev4 ::ffff:127.0.0.0/104    2
+#scopev4 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96       14

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog      |    4 ++++
 posix/gai.conf |    9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


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