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Re: Adding AF_VSOCK to getaddrinfo(3)
- From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha at redhat dot com>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-help at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:00:31 +0100
- Subject: Re: Adding AF_VSOCK to getaddrinfo(3)
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 05:09:48PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> I can see why this proposal is tempting, but it's too late. This
> enhancement had to be made right when getaddrinfo was introduced.
Thanks for explaining. I understand your points and it does seem safer
not to parse vsock addresses for AF_UNSPEC.