> GOK why it works on glibc-based systems, but I guess it must, or the > problem would surely have cropped up before. Hmmmmm......
Simple: that part of the code is contained in an #ifdef HAVE_NO_ADDRINFO ... #endif block, and so is only built on systems without a getaddrinfo () function. That includes Cygwin, not glibc, and maybe no other systems in common use. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/