Re: correct definition of localhost?
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:41:46AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 06:05:20PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > Michael Banck a écrit :
> > > On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 05:49:04AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > >> There is a bug upstream, but marked as invalid:
> > >>
> > >> http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4980
> > >>
> > >> According to the upstream developer, there is a rationale for that, but
> > >> he never explained it, despite having been asked numerous times.
> > >
> > > In his latest reply, the upstream developer said that code got rewritten
> > > since, I have not checked their repository though.
> >
> > I have just built a version from CVS, and I confirm the bug is fixed.
> > However I failed to find the commit(s) which fixed it, and anyway I
> > doubt it's a single commit. Therefore I don't think we can backport the
> > fix for lenny.
> >
> > We can try to use the proposed 2.7 patch instead.
>
> Please open a bug report with severity (at least) important if you
> consider we should fix this bug for lenny. If not, the problem will be
> fixed when we switch to glibc 2.9.
>
I have been able to identify the patch causing the bug to be fixed in
current glibc CVS. It's the IPv4 and IPv6 unified lookup, which means
the patch is big and not really easy to backport.
Therefore, I will use the proposed patch from the upstream BTS instead,
until we upload glibc 2.9 (for lenny+1)
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