On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:09:32 GMT, Alan Bateman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Well, in that area we always had deviations on AIX, so definitely this > > rings a bell. However, since AIX was not the most important platform for us > > and that particular IPv6/IPv4 multicast feature didn't seem to be mission > > critical and wouldn't fail TCK tests, we rather resorted to excluding some > > tests internally, I believe. But it would be good to really resolve this > > compatibility/spec/documentation issue, if possible. > > Thanks. So yes, if some/all of the tests for multicasting were excluded then > it helps explain why it didn't come up. The spec doesn't require that a > DatgaramSocket or DatagramChannel to an IPv6 socket be capable of joining an > IPv4 multicast group. So the tests in several areas might need updates as I > don't think we've had a platform to date where it wasn't possible. @AlanBateman , is it possible if there is a central place where the change could me made for fixing all of the multicast test cases? ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14142#issuecomment-1587947194
