[Bug libc/5507] gai() sorting is broken

["aurelien at aurel32 dot net" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From aurelien at aurel32 dot net  2008-01-13 12:48 -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > Patch to fix the bug
> 
> Nonsense.  This patch is completely, utterly broken and shows you don't
> understand a bit of the code.  You move the catch-all entry to the front.
> 
> And of course will the order depend on the addresses of the local machine. 
> That's the whole point of the sorting.
> 
> I see nothing wrong.
> 

It works for you because you are using a native IPv6 address and not a 6to4 
address which has its own label in /etc/gai.conf.

130.230.54.99   DGRAM  ftp.fi.debian.org
130.230.54.99   RAW    
2001:708:310:54::99 STREAM 
2001:708:310:54::99 DGRAM  
2001:708:310:54::99 RAW    
130.230.54.99   STREAM 

I don't really understand why the IPv4/IPv6 order is different for UDP and TCP. 
It should be all IPv4 first or all IPv6 first, but not mixed. That is a bug.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WORKSFORME                  |


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5507

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