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

[Andrew Gallatin]

Rick Jones wrote:
> 
>>> 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?

I just (as in our email messages crossed) asked about this
on one of the Solaris lists.  There is a closed bug from
over 10 years ago about this, but I have no idea why
the bug was closed..



Drew