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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:28:00 +0100
From: Laurent Bercot <ska-dietlibc@...rnet.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Remaining tasks on resolver overhaul

>> - AI_ADDRCONFIG -- but maybe the current implementation of it as a nop
>>    is actually best
>
> +1
> (nop is best, guessworks are harmful, code simplification is useful)

  +1. AI_ADDRCONFIG has always been a logical aberration: the underlying
DNS transport and capabilities of the machine have nothing to do with the
data transmitted via DNS. If a domain has an AAAA record, I expect
getaddrinfo() to return it, whether my machine is IPv6-capable or not.

-- 
  Laurent

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