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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 22:17:44 -0500
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in resolv.conf

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 08:18:20PM -0500, Strake wrote:
> On 29/11/2013, Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx> wrote:
> > What I think would be the correct behavior is noting whether any v6
> > addresses are seen, and if so, converting the v4 addresses to
> > v4-mapped v6 addresses and using IPv6 for all communication. Does this
> > sound reasonable?
> 
> It would be simpler to just always convert to v6.

But that would mean complete unconditional DNS failure on systems
lacking IPv6.

Rich

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