struct netent.n_net has wrong type
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/01/2003 13:50:10
>Number: 21411
>Category: standards
>Synopsis: POSIX.1-2001: <netdb.h> struct netent.n_net has wrong type
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: standards-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu May 01 12:51:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ben Harris
>Release: 2003-05-01
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 and XNS5 both define struct netent to have the
following members:
char *n_name
char **n_aliases
int n_addrtype
uint32_t n_net
NetBSD, though, defines n_net to be unsigned long. This is a problem on
LP64 platforms.
>How-To-Repeat:
Inspection of <netdb.h> and comparison with
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/netdb.h.html>
>Fix:
All functions handing netents will need to be versioned.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: