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[Bug libc/5479] gethostbyname() fails on IPv6 numeric addresses
- From: "drepper at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 7 Apr 2008 19:07:25 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/5479] gethostbyname() fails on IPv6 numeric addresses
- References: <20071212172414.5479.aurelien@aurel32.net>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2008-04-07 19:07 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> Please consider the following testcase:
> [...]
That's not worth the extra complexity. This never worked, people hardly ever
use mapped addresses, and gethostby* should not *EVER* be used in the first
place. Anything to get people away from gethostby* is a good thing.
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What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5479
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