> If POSIX-compliant apps may only work with one setting then the standard would
> say "only this setting is compliant with POSIX". Since it does not,
Yes it does. Section 2.10.20, see the paragraph titled "Compatibility
with IPv4".
You might argue that having this in the POSIX standard is a mistake, but
it is perfectly clear to anyone even vaguely competent that when
bindv6only is true, Linux is not compliant with the "IPV6" option to
POSIX.
> we must assume that a sysadmin choosing either value results in
> a POSIX-compliant system. If an application fails to work on such
> a system it must ipso facto not be POSIX-compliant and hence buggy.
Please stop bluffing.
Juliusz
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