9.3.0 and ipv6 on linux 2.4.27

Daniel Roesen dr at bofh.de
Fri Oct 22 00:13:02 UTC 2004


* Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>:
> 
>> * Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>:
>> > 	Complain to the Linux IPv6 stack developers.  Every other OS
>> > 	extended their sysctl()/ioctl() methods of interface scanning.
>> > 	Linux is the only platform where the developers felt the need
>> > 	to do this through the file system.
>> 
>> Where's the problem with using getaddrinfo(3) to get the IP list?
> 
> 	I think you meant getifaddrs(3).

Erm sorry. I _thought_ that I have seen getaddrinfo(NULL, "0", ...)
return a list of all interface IPs, but I was wrong. Please excuse the
noise.


Best regards,
Daniel


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