Re: follow-up: discrepancy with POSIX

[Ulrich Drepper]

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David Miller wrote:
> It just occured to me that AF_UNSPEC might be used simply
> because "all zeros" might be a valid real bindable address
> for some address family.  And using AF_UNSPEC avoids that
> problem entirely.

Yes, but for IPv4/6 it's not an issue.  Some implementations might
handle all-zeros and the spec _currently_ calls for it.  In this case an
alignment would be good.

I guess I'll just go ahead and file a problem report with the spec.
Maybe the Unix vendors will test their implementations in provide feedback.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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