Bug#164768: libc: IPv6 still not correct.

[Matthew Vernon <matthew@sel.cam.ac.uk>]

Philip Blundell writes:
 > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 00:56, Matthew Vernon wrote:
 > > Executive summary: libc uses an incorrectly-sized sockaddr_in6
 > > structure, which causes programs running under 2.2 kernels to get
 > > error messages when in fact they are behving correctly. Hence the
 > > important severity.
 > 
 > >From what you describe, I don't think there is anything incorrect about
 > the structure in glibc.  If the 2.2 kernel is returning the wrong thing,
 > that is what should be fixed.

With respect, I think you misunderstand. The kernel defines what the
structure should be, and returns it accordingly. It is the job of the
libc to hide this from the programmer; especially when the structure
in question changes over time in the kernel (quite legitimately).

Matthew

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