[Bug libc/10567] getaddrinfo() hints==NULL (ai_flags) deviates from POSIX.1

mtk dot manpages at googlemail dot com sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Thu Sep 3 04:15:00 GMT 2009


------- Additional Comments From mtk dot manpages at googlemail dot com  2009-09-03 04:15 -------
Subject: Re:  getaddrinfo() hints==NULL (ai_flags) deviates 
	from POSIX.1

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 2:14 PM, drepper at redhat dot
com<sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> ------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2009-08-31 12:14 -------
> (In reply to comment #0)
>> Should it be fixed?
>
> No.  Like several other things in the getaddrinfo spec this is non-optimal at
> best.  The defaults used in glibc are much better.

Thanks. I'll update the man page to make it clear that this choice is
deliberate.



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