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Re: basesrc/lib/libc/net: getaddrinfo.c
>Log Message:
>do not filter address families that are not supported by kernel.
>the behavior was introduced in 1.8 -> 1.9, by itojun, and it was
>not a correct behavior.
>
>even if we may be able to connect to the the returned addresses,
>filtering them out is not a correct thing to do. for example, even if
>you have partial unreachablility in IPv4, gethostbyname(3) will return
>IPv4 addresses in the unreachable network nonetheless.
2nd paragraph should read "even if we may NOT be able to...".
itojun
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