> If available getaddrinfo() should always be used, no matter what value
> USE_INET6 has. It offers a lot of benefits for alignement critical
> archs.

I see.

> 
> IMHO the configure script in question should be patched to auto-detect
> getaddrinfo() and use it when available - and not when passed some stupid
> option.

agreed.
For the time being, I'll submit a patch that prevents the respective option
from being applied on specific systems.

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