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Re: getaddrinfo with PF_UNSPEC and /etc/hosts


On 22 Nov 2001, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> writes:
> 
> > It was pointed out by Rafal Wojtczuk on Owl development list that telnet
> > that ships with Red Hat Linux 7.2 does not behave the way one would expect
> > when resolving names using /etc/hosts.  That is, if you have:
> > [...]
> 
> And you are unable to read the glibc documentation why?  The BUGS file
> clearly document this.

Sorry, I didn't notice this.

For more info, e.g.:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2000-11/msg00172.html
http://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?debug=&database=default&cmd=view+audit-trail&cmd=view&pr=1663
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=60743

Debian appears to have a patch that AFAICS hacks around this
(debian/patches/glibc22-getaddrinfo.dpatch), I haven't tested to see if 
this is the case.

The patch appears to be:

--- glibc/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c~ 2000/11/18 08:30:02     1.34
+++ glibc/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c  2001/01/09 01:46:49

I'm wondering if this has been tested and verified to work around these 
problems, but it's getting off-topic for this list.

-- 
Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy                   not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords



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