>> 	for me yes.
>Um.  What version of getaddrinfo.c are you referring?  I guess the
>head revision as of today is 1.42, and ...
>> 	2. when host == NULL and ai_family is not supported by the kernel,
>> 	   EAI_FAMILY will be returned.
>... it actually returns EAI_NONAME in this case.

	oops i should have checked (2) more carefully.  you right.

itojun