New submission from chrysn <chr...@fsfe.org>:
Python builds on MacOS do not expose the IPV6_RECVPKTINFO flag specified in [RFC3842], which is required for UDP protocols that need control over their servers' sending ports like [CoAP]. While I don't own Apple hardware and thus can't test it, the [nginx] code indicates that this API is available on OSX and is just gated behind `-D__APPLE_USE_RFC_3542`. Searching the web for that define indicates that other interpreted langues and applications use the flag as well (PHP, Ruby; PowerDNS, nmap, libcoap). Please consider enabling this on future releases of Python on OSX. [RFC3542]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3542 [CoAP]: https://github.com/chrysn/aiocoap/issues/69 [nginx]: http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/rev/9fb994513776 ---------- components: IO messages: 332389 nosy: chrysn priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: OSX: Enable IPV6_RECVPKTINFO type: enhancement _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35569> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
