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   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.protocols.tcp-ip.]   
      
   On Thu, 2011-07-28, Noob wrote:   
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   > I suppose legacy apps will be using gethostbyname() right?   
   > And it seems gethostbyname will only request A records?   
      
   Mine use getaddrinfo(3) even if I haven't tested them with IPv6. It   
   has been available for a /long/ time -- Stevens wrote about it over a   
   decade ago -- and is much more convenient than gethostbyname().   
      
   There's supposed to be some mechanism for not looking up AAAA on an   
   incapable host, but I forget the details.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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