Problem after upgrading to BIND 9

[Mark Andrews]

> Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> > You have fixed the symptom but not the problem.  getaddrinfo(),
> > which telnet should be using, only looks for IPv6 addresses if there
> > is IPv6 support enabled.  You will have trouble talking to all dual
> > stack machines unless you find the real cause.
> 
> Do you mean the AI_ADDRCONFIG flag?  Doesn't that have to be set
> explicitly by the caller of getaddrinfo() as it is not a default?

RFC 2553       Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6     March 1999

   The special flags value of AI_DEFAULT is defined as

      #define  AI_DEFAULT  (AI_V4MAPPED | AI_ADDRCONFIG)


> rick jones
> -- 
> The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full. The glass has a leak.
> The real question is "Can it be patched?"
> these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :)
> feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH...
> 
> 
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