[leafnode-list] Re: Adding a custom header to posted messages?

[Lloyd Zusman]

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz at asfast.com> writes:
>
>> OK.  I'll work on this in my spare time, and I'll use getnameinfo if it
>> exists ... if not, then I'll use gethostbyaddr and IPv4.  I presume that
>> there's some sort of autoconf test I can use to determine this.
>
> Note that getaddrinfo and getnameinfo are happy with IPv4, too - it's
> just a more modern, somewhat protocol independent and threadsafe
> interface.
>
> Please do not use gethostbyaddr, except in a compatibility wrapper perhaps
> (there are some, OpenBSD, KAME, ... they all have various missing bits).
>
> It's fine with me if new features don't work on SunOS 4.1 :)

OK.  I'll just skip the autoconf test for the existence of getnameinfo
and just use it in all cases.

Thanks.


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 Lloyd Zusman
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 God bless you.