From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6303 invoked by alias); 5 Apr 2010 18:28:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 6049 invoked by uid 48); 5 Apr 2010 18:28:08 -0000 Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:28:00 -0000 From: "martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com" To: glibc-bugs@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <20100405182754.11469.martinbarrowcliff@gmail.com> Reply-To: sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug libc/11469] New: No IPv6 option in glibc X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC Mailing-List: contact glibc-bugs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: glibc-bugs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-04/txt/msg00033.txt.bz2 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. -- 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 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.