From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gai.conf(5): Example table
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 14:19:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aVu5_QZHJAjYFKA7@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aVr_-WDqRyRBL_G_@gallifrey>
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Hi Dave,
On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 12:04:09AM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> Hi,
> The 'EXAMPLES' section in gai.conf(5) has a table that matches
> RFC 3484; however that's not what glibc's default label table is;
> it's table has three extra entries:
>
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=nss/getaddrinfo.c;h=c0f496f96c752220e68bf0257d9ff1ffc624ebe6;hb=HEAD#l1341
>
> and partially in the more readable:
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=posix/gai.conf;h=4616ed005b2e064175c88609b6d6022a6da4d5d8;hb=HEAD#l31
>
> I wonder if it makes sense to document glibc's default rather than the
> RFC default?
Yup; feel free to send patches documenting the glibc behavior. It would
also be good to note that those differences are specific to glibc.
Have a lovely New Year!
Alex
>
> Dave
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