Re: freeaddrinfo2 changes.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: freeaddrinfo2 changes.
Date: 2003-06-09 17:25:09
Message-ID: 18560.1055179509@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be> writes:
>> If this is broken then it's probably not the only problem --- we rely on
>> sa.sa_family in other places.

> sa.sa_family is not the problem itself, the problem is that if
> you use getaddrinfo with AF_UNSPEC, you can get more than replies
> with more than 1 address family. You will get atleast AF_INET,
> AF_INET6 if they exist for what you request, and maybe AF_UNIX or
> even others.

Oh, I see --- the problem is to tell the difference between an AF_UNIX
addrinfo built by getaddrinfo_unix and one returned by the system's
getaddrinfo. Okay.

regards, tom lane

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