From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28902 invoked by alias); 11 Feb 2014 03:42:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 28890 invoked by uid 89); 11 Feb 2014 03:42:00 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:41:59 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E2F4116459; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:41:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id x2XUO+LHj+8f; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:41:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9F81163EB; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:41:56 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 44901E0137; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 07:41:57 +0400 (RET) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:42:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Jan Kratochvil Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Paul Fertser , gdb-patches@sourceware.org, ktietz@redhat.com Subject: Re: getaddrinfo available on all GDB hosts? [Re: [PATCH v2] Add IPv6 support for remote TCP connections] Message-ID: <20140211034157.GG5485@adacore.com> References: <20140209172855.GA27131@host2.jankratochvil.net> <1392033768-16793-1-git-send-email-fercerpav@gmail.com> <831tzavrhw.fsf@gnu.org> <20140210170244.GO2320@home.lan> <83vbwmuaj8.fsf@gnu.org> <20140210195758.GA16956@host2.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140210195758.GA16956@host2.jankratochvil.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00333.txt.bz2 > > > ``This function is missing on some platforms: HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, > > > OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 7, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS'' [...] > As discussed off-list with Tom recently changing subject and getaddrinfo > should be available even without gnulib. (The patch code itself still needs > a review.) If some host does not have getaddrinfo its maintainer should say > so. In addition to Eli's list of unsupported targets, HP-UX, IRIX, OSF are probably de facto unmaintained, at this point. Same for Solaris 7 which is ancient ancient ancient, and no longer supported by its vendor. We should probably send an announcement if we ever implement a change we know might be breaking some platforms, though. -- Joel