ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) fails with 1.7

[Frédéric Bron]

> I applied a patch to Cygwin which also reports the IPv4 addresses of
> disconnected interfaces, fetching the info from the registry.  It's
> a pity that Windows doesn't correctly report these addresses in the
> official API.
>
> This won't work for IPv6 and IPv6-only interfaces.  I didn't find a
> generic way to list IPv6 addresses except for using the official API.
> Since Windows Vista the IPv6 address information isn't stored in the
> registry at all, at least not in a publically available, easy to read
> place.

Thank you, can I test it? Shall I just update my installation?
Frédéric

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