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Re: [PATCH] resolv: Do not copy IPv4 addresses to IPv6 address array

From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 14:05:52 -0400
Subject: Re: [PATCH] resolv: Do not copy IPv4 addresses to IPv6 address array
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On 07/04/2017 12:53 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Jul 04 2017, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> A design that puts malloc'd pointers directly into _res is not a good idea
>> for the reasons you note. I agree with your solution.
> 
> That's what we do.

And it's not a good idea.

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.

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- Re: [PATCH] resolv: Do not copy IPv4 addresses to IPv6 address array
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  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: [PATCH] resolv: Do not copy IPv4 addresses to IPv6 address array
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