[netperf-talk] OK, this time I really mean it?-)

Rick Jones rick.jones2 at hp.com
Wed Jun 3 11:28:10 PDT 2009


>> It was deliberately annoying because after doing all the work to 
>> convert to getaddrinfo() I was annoyed when it didn't work correctly 
>> on some platforms :) Is the issue with getaddrinfo() addressed in a 
>> later Solaris release?  If so, and there is indeed a patch to older 
>> versions out there I'd be inclined to keep the message (and yes, I've 
>> been bitten by it myself).  If there is no patch at all then I'm 
>> willing to take the patch.
> 
> 
> I don't think there is a patch.  At least I cannot find one at
> http://sunsolve.sun.com/patchfinder/
> 
> FWIW, this seems to happen all the way up to snv_111a, which is
> the latest I've tried.

Grumble.  I really don't like silent kludges to workaround bugs that aught to 
have been fixed already.

Is my base assumption that it is indeed a bug not correct?

rick


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