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Re: gethostby* users

From: Pádraig Brady <P draigBrady com>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages gmx net>
Subject: Re: gethostby* users
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:28:36 +0100

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Even though the situation improved, there are still some programs left
> which use the gethostby* functions.  These really have to be converted
> to use getaddrinfo.

A link to why would be appropriate:
http://udrepper.livejournal.com/16116.html

Note there is no mention of gethostby* issues in my man page.
A BUG section would be appropriate I think.

Pádraig.

References:
- gethostby* users
  - From: Ulrich Drepper

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