On 04/29/2011 12:14 AM, Petr Sabata wrote: > Why don't we let the getaddrinfo() decide in this case as well? It's already > used in other applications so why not here? Just to give it some more exposure (somewhat related): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697149 getaddrinfo() should disregard link-local IPv6 addresses for AI_ADDRCONFIG purposes I've also been filing bugs for software to use AI_ADDRCONFIG. Most recent is for python: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699576 There are other workarounds for these issues (use a different DNS server), but it would be nice if the software helped out a bit too. -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA/CoRA Division FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.cora.nwra.com -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel