diff PROBLEMS @ 724:76d5a3dd827a

[xemacs-hg @ 2002-01-05 07:33:11 by stephent] Pre-21.5.4 commit of stuff on notebook -- updated CHANGES-beta -- fix some slow startups - default with_ipv6_cname=no -- Stephen Turnbull -- Cygwin nox-xpm detection -- Charles Wilson -- eliminate bogus check for Athena widgets -- Alexey Mahotkin
author stephent
date Sat, 05 Jan 2002 07:33:24 +0000
parents 512e4a478e9d
children e7ad6587a7a0
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--- a/PROBLEMS	Fri Jan 04 19:53:34 2002 +0000
+++ b/PROBLEMS	Sat Jan 05 07:33:24 2002 +0000
@@ -1459,7 +1459,8 @@
 solution above is insufficient, because getaddrinfo() by default tries
 to get IPv6 information for localhost.  This always involves a dns
 lookup to get the CNAME, and the strategies above don't work.  It then
-falls back to IPv4 behavior.  This is good[tm]; trust us.
+falls back to IPv4 behavior.  This is good[tm] according the people at
+WIDE who know about IPv6.
 
 ***** Robust network case
 
@@ -1476,21 +1477,7 @@
 
 If you cannot or do not want to do that, you can hard code IPv4
 behavior in src/process-unix.c.  This is bad[tm], on your own head be
-it.  In the function unix_canonicalize_host_name() about ten lines
-down, change the statement
-
-  hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
-
-to
-
-  hints.ai_family = PF_INET;
-
-and rebuild XEmacs.
-
-getaddrinfo() is also called in src/sysdep.c:init_system_name() and in
-src/process-unix.c:unix_open_network_stream().  It should not be
-useful to make this change in either of those places.
-
+it.  Use the configure option `--with-ipv6-cname=no'.
 
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