This is the mail archive of the libc-hacker@sources.redhat.com mailing list for the glibc project.

Note that libc-hacker is a closed list. You may look at the archives of this list, but subscription and posting are not open.

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]

Re: [Patch] rexec check for sockaddr length

To: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse dot de>
Subject: Re: [Patch] rexec check for sockaddr length
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Date: 07 Apr 2001 16:30:40 -0700
Cc: libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <20010407165305.A18688@suse.de>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> writes:

> I have a patch for the rexec() function. Through the changed size
> of sockaddr_in6 between kernel 2.2 and 2.4 this check will always
> fail with IPv6 on kernel 2.2.

That's life.  All IPv6 code fails on 2.2 kernels.  If people want IPv6
they have to use 2.4 kernels.

-- 
---------------.                          ,-.   1325 Chesapeake Terrace
Ulrich Drepper  \    ,-------------------'   \  Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
Red Hat          `--' drepper at redhat.com   `------------------------

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [Patch] rexec check for sockaddr length
  - From: Thorsten Kukuk

References:
- [Patch] rexec check for sockaddr length
  - From: Thorsten Kukuk

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]