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[Bug libc/11469] New: No IPv6 option in glibc
- From: "martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 5 Apr 2010 18:28:08 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/11469] New: No IPv6 option in glibc
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
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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