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Re: getipnodebyname() is not exported from the shared library
- To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at ds2 dot pg dot gda dot pl>
- Subject: Re: getipnodebyname() is not exported from the shared library
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Date: 31 Jul 2000 18:20:46 +0200
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000731174908.21648N-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl>
>>>>> Maciej W Rozycki writes:
Maciej> On 31 Jul 2000, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> > Getipnodebyname() is not marked public and thus it does not get exported
>> > from the shared library. The following trivial patch fixes it.
>>
>> It will not be exported - but instead it will be removed. Even if
>> it's in the latest ipv6 RFC draft, it's already obsolete. Use
>> getipaddr instead.
Maciej> Hmm, but it does not exist anywhere within glibc. Also getipnodebyname()
Maciej> is still declared in <netdb.h> and available from conventional libraries.
Maciej> And what about getipnodebyaddr()?
Sorry, use getaddrinfo - there's a thread about this on libc-alpha
just this weekend.
We'll remove getipnodebyname eventually...
Maciej> Where can I get any spec of getipaddr()? -- this whole IPv6 mess is
Maciej> frustrating -- you need to rewrite programs once a year at least...
:-(
Andreas
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