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Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:22:51 -0400
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Subject:	Re: 1.7.0: getnameinfo bug
From:	"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Aug =C2=A06 09:01, Mark J. Reed wrote:

>> According to the RFC (2553), the specific behavior here is not defined:

>=C2=A0Microsoft's getnameinfo man page conveniently notes that this is the=
 desired
> behaviour according to section 6.2 of RFC 3493.

Whups!  I was looking at an obsolete RFC.  My mistake.  Sure enough, 3493 s=
ays

   If the service's name cannot be located, the numeric form of the
   service address (for example, its port number) shall be returned
   instead of its name.

I'll go back to lurking now.


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>

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