Re: getifaddrs(3) returns 2 AF_LINK instances for the same interface

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 04:20:34PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> > I have checked and the last change of note was over 7 years ago.
> > So are you suggesting that getifaddrs(3) should ignore the _IFINFO  
> > message or somehow merge it into the _NEWADDR one - if it's present?
> 
> Based on my recollections, above, my guess is that getifaddrs(3) should
> merge the messages.

Doesn't that break the interface for old libc with new kernel?

Joerg