From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx.treblig.org (mx.treblig.org [46.235.229.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D0613A1E68 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2026 00:04:11 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=46.235.229.95 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767571454; cv=none; b=HMOVwilZh+ecft8kGv+QOUF1ASvgj3KQqUYNsmYH5FONpd6ZD/E6J6wnPW4oAsF+psOBCR+v6d92ZbYBMBz2C9pwWLaNv41kjMBA/6t+a+hze4LSc/3/ItbXjE4QqnPA5O6iXtGUDqjJUyd+kzOiDAZ3n/dxs4ja5QteVHLSWbI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767571454; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ocQgNX36fu8wdj5mNDQxCShJqzmr4/nchHi+xu5a8+8=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Disposition; b=kXXWjyWR85X5nZX7YuUd4GH46msGI7HumlyDchafh7XYV6zmyyUTV6zAEy/bU8fXfn5V4JK35KaWMpqLWoOd0yHm62SXjkR+fIKWtSH6I/itJaA0GZBtBc8k/WXyK6ofNEdD94PxaiF/Z+c+MJau2AElFgmcUvl0FpdyFju80E8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=treblig.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=treblig.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=treblig.org header.i=@treblig.org header.b=cXKNrmnh; arc=none smtp.client-ip=46.235.229.95 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=treblig.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=treblig.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=treblig.org header.i=@treblig.org header.b="cXKNrmnh" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=treblig.org ; s=bytemarkmx; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject:From:Date:From :Subject; bh=nrBJD8/4VvaBmDpr8JHRCZAgD3OwqreoT9aEQyJxWXY=; b=cXKNrmnhoqF3vsKL DIAgstgT9OpkebV2fS8LzBGwSeIa4NspOYpSEfEQwNhHhKdIO6P9gfR4AdLFDvleFikBb9E9VAXyw SaCNeGHzGuEB/XKTn5OGalMsdK0Rk8sAgNUazQPHp8sg2ChsjpTq/foLubxPO30Gg1TwXD6o5jKf/ xKTlyL6x8lsB91MsyrSQzGOhaurUDqlUXbMqEPqC8Hp2bj+oV++dOd63yrdFzcK/0lI330IPALOo/ Yh8IPIsYHGxkqub1jikQ+tB5L5uOwmrboU3ZPZv88ptt/tpUhQilwQ023kYtpX4wLe6VBcPsFMzU3 qJhlQJPIZQNA63m5xA==; Received: from dg by mx.treblig.org with local (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vcY4v-0000000CKKN-1sOq; Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:04:09 +0000 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 00:04:09 +0000 From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, alx@kernel.org Subject: gai.conf(5): Example table Message-ID: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Chocolate: 70 percent or better cocoa solids preferably X-Operating-System: Linux/6.12.48+deb13-amd64 (x86_64) X-Uptime: 23:53:30 up 69 days, 23:29, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.13 (2024-03-09) 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? Dave -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux | Happy \ \ dave @ treblig.org | | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/