[Bug libc/11469] New: No IPv6 option in glibc

["martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

This is about the resolver lib.
This is definitely a design error but lets call it a bug for now.
The resolver libs infuse IPv6 code as part of every build. Why so?
Since when did Microsoft influence open source code this way?
I looked at every glibc from the beginning, and this is bad, ugly code.
Those hacks are long overdue for re-write and should not be
considered for inclusion. A clean re-write from the start is needed.
IPv6 should still be an option, but not forced, as the libs try to do.
I am old and tired, but if someone else cannot fix that mess, I will.
I am growing weary of disabling all those hacks every time I build a OS.

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           Summary: No IPv6 option in glibc
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
 GCC build triplet: any
  GCC host triplet: any
GCC target triplet: any


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11469

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