Re: beta1 aix 5.2 test ok

[alex medvedev <alexm () pycckue org>]

hi,

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Guy Harris wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:47:04PM -0600, alex medvedev wrote:
> > for tcpdump:
> > # CC=cc ./configure --disable-ipv6   <-- needed for unpatched aix 5.2,
> >                                      should not be necessary in the
> >                                      future releases as they fixed
> >                                      getaddrinfo()
>
> I assume that means that AIX 5.2 has a bug in "getaddrinfo()"; if so,
> what's the bug, and does the test in "configure.in" check for the bug,
> or is there *another* bug it needs to check for?

i am not sure what the bug is, but configure.in checks for a "buggy
getaddrinfo" and gets a failure with a meaningful error message.
for now, --disable-ipv6 should be used to compile on unpatched AIX 5.2.

back in july, i ripped the c code from the configure script,
compiled it, and it failed on the my unpatched AIX 5.2 in getnameinfo()
with a non-zero return code (8).

sorry, i did not go into details, but relayed this problem to the AIX
developer who maintains the getaddrinfo/getnameinfo code.
the developer told me that getnameinfo was fixed.
i am not sure whether it has been released as an official fix yet,
but "./configure --enable-ipv6" should succeed on an AIX install with
this patch.

thanks,

-alexm
16:13 30/11/2003




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