Re: Missing EAI_ADDRFAMILY

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Missing EAI_ADDRFAMILY
Date: 2003-05-23 04:02:51
Message-ID: 200305230402.h4N42pb07887@candle.pha.pa.us
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Oh, so this could come up on other platforms. Interesting. We don't
actually test for the error value, just return it from ip.c from
getaddrinfo() routines.

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Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 03:12:37PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > BSD/OS 4.3 is missing the define EAI_ADDRFAMILY as referenced in ip.c.
> > It is marked as obscolete. However, it is still mentioned in the
> > getaddrinfo() manual page. I have filed a bug report with BSDi.
>
> There are other more intresting difference between rfc2553,
> rfc3493.txt and for instance the SUS specification.
>
> Only rfc2553 has EAI_ADDRFAMILY.
> Only rfc2553 has NI_MAXHOST and NI_MAXSERV.
>
> I'm probably forgetting some other things.
>
>
> Kurt
>
>

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