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* [Bug libc/11469] New: No IPv6 option in glibc
@ 2010-04-05 18:28 martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com
2010-04-05 18:30 ` [Bug libc/11469] " drepper at redhat dot com
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From: martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com @ 2010-04-05 18:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: glibc-bugs
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
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* [Bug libc/11469] No IPv6 option in glibc
2010-04-05 18:28 [Bug libc/11469] New: No IPv6 option in glibc martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com
@ 2010-04-05 18:30 ` drepper at redhat dot com
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From: drepper at redhat dot com @ 2010-04-05 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: glibc-bugs
------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2010-04-05 18:30 -------
IPv6 is needed. It's trivial to disable any use of it so there is no need at
all to do anything in glibc.
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |INVALID
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