On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 06:57:53AM -0700, Wes Hardaker wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:59:09 +0200, Reindl Harald > >>>>> <h.rei...@thelounge.net> said: > > RH> Am 28.04.2011 01:17, schrieb Itamar Reis Peixoto: > >> why ipv6 and ipv4 have different name for the tools ? > ... > RH> because the same hostname can have A and AAA records > > That argument makes sense up until the point that you realize there are > a fair number of hosts out there with multiple A records too, and ping > has to randomly choose between them. > > I'm all for a single unified set of commands (-4, -6). The real > question, is what should the default be? And if 4 now, when do you > switch later? [thus, I think -both now with v6 first if a AAAA is > available otherwise v4 is probably the right answer] > -- > Wes Hardaker > My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/ > My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/
Why don't we let the getaddrinfo() decide in this case as well? It's already used in other applications so why not here? I'm in favor of the usual -4/-6 options. -- Petr 'contyk' Sabata, Red Hat
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