[Bug network/14965] New: remove AI_ADDRCONFIG from getaddrinfo() flags

[psimerda at redhat dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14965

             Bug #: 14965
           Summary: remove AI_ADDRCONFIG from getaddrinfo() flags
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.15
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: network
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: psimerda@redhat.com
    Classification: Unclassified


AI_ADDRCONFIG can be beneficial to applications when it's only used for the
connect(), sendto(), etc. See a detailed description of this topic:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Networking/NameResolution/ADDRCONFIG

The defaults are only used when an application doesn't supply hints. But,
virtually any application that wants to connect() wants to also specify at
least the transport protocol (TCP, UDP). That means that applications that
would benefit from AI_ADDRCONFIG won't use the defaults anyway.

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