Wietse wrote: > If you have ""hosts: files dns", and you have only one address in > /etc/hosts, you'll get only one address from getaddrinfo().
As I wrote before, /etc/hosts contains both addresses: 176.9.43.216 monthu.horus-it.com monthu 2a01:4f8:150:54c1::b009:2bd8 monthu.horus-it.com monthu > To support multiple IP addresses per name in /etc/hosts, specify > "multi on" in /etc/host.conf. The Gentoo Linux default is "multi off". When I switch to "multi on", the correct answer is returned even with "hosts: files dns". ./getaddrinfo monthu.horus-it.com Hostname: monthu.horus-it.com Addresses: 2a01:4f8:150:54c1::b009:2bd8 176.9.43.216 > Given that we're in the early 21st century where a host can have > both IPv4 and IPv6, I think that "multi on" should be the default. I agree. Gentoo documentation states that "This is off by default, as it may cause a substantial performance loss at sites with large hosts files.", but large host files are no longer en vogue. Well, "multi on" did the trick, so thanks for your support! -Ralph
