> > My argument is not that link-local addresses should be returned by > > getaddrinfo() , it is that getaddrinfo() should be transparent. > > Completely agree. The getaddrinfo() should be completely transparent from > programmers' point of view. The local setup should be system/environment > specific. I think the cleanest solution would be to setup the DNS > resolution order locally by administrator: IPv6 address-resolution enable, > and order of IPv4/IPv6 address-resolution. In my opinion, this should be > included the resolver code and configurable from resolv.conf.
what you are describing is not transparent to applications that actually need to know what is in DNS. Keith -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
