Re: lib/42405: libc: getaddrinfo() should perform T_A lookups before T_AAAA lookups

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/42405; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: lib/42405: libc: getaddrinfo() should perform T_A lookups before 
T_AAAA lookups
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:58:58 +0000

 On 3 Dec 2009, at 19:45, cswiger%mac.com@localhost wrote:
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > Use firefox to browse the web and go past popular sites which make use =
 of ad-serving domains which do not handle IPv6 requests very well, and =
 note delays in page rendering resulting from failing/dropped AAAA =
 lookups.
 
 Well, I consider breaking ad-serving domains a plus.
 
 >> Fix:
 > Starting from =
 http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/lib/libc/net/getaddrinf=
 o.c?rev=3D1.95
 
 The behaviour should not be hard-coded, it should be configurable.
 
        Kind regards
 
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 Matthias Scheler                           http://zhadum.org.uk/