Sort of "fixed" KNOWN_BUGS #4: curl now builds IPv6 enabled on AIX 4.3. At

least it should no longer cause a compiler error. However, it does not have
AI_NUMERICHOST so we cannot getaddrinfo() any numerical addresses with it (we
use that for FTP PORT/EPRT)! So, I modified the configure check that checks if
the getaddrinfo() is working, to use AI_NUMERICHOST since then it'll fail on
AIX 4.3 and it will automatically build with IPv6 support disabled.

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ca8b0e3f5768bc9eb823edd947ef586e77327df8..4343037c73f45a0e5ab2d8469443623dab6838b0 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 
 Daniel (2 May 2005)
+- Sort of "fixed" KNOWN_BUGS #4: curl now builds IPv6 enabled on AIX 4.3. At
+  least it should no longer cause a compiler error. However, it does not have
+  AI_NUMERICHOST so we cannot getaddrinfo() any numerical addresses with it
+  (we use that for FTP PORT/EPRT)! So, I modified the configure check that
+  checks if the getaddrinfo() is working, to use AI_NUMERICHOST since then
+  it'll fail on AIX 4.3 and it will automatically build with IPv6 support
+  disabled.
+
 - Added --trace-time that when used adds a time stamp to each trace line that
   --trace, --trace-ascii and --verbose output. I also made the '>' display
   separate each line on the linefeed so that HTTP requests etc look nicer in

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index f086a37ee939cab817e2ce8b33e6a2eeec29c2e5..c9894c480e43e514228d0ae4dcc2a837e4b6aed3 100644 (file)
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ exit (h == NULL ? 1 : 0); }],[
 ])
 
 dnl ************************************************************
-dnl check for working getaddrinfo()
+dnl check for working getaddrinfo() that works with AI_NUMERICHOST
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN([CURL_CHECK_WORKING_GETADDRINFO],[
   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for working getaddrinfo, ac_cv_working_getaddrinfo,[
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ int main(void)
     int error;
 
     memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+    hints.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICHOST;
     hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
     error = getaddrinfo("127.0.0.1", "8080", &hints, &ai);

diff --git a/docs/KNOWN_BUGS b/docs/KNOWN_BUGS
index df9d71a828115a0be1adebbd50d97439d18ad197..57bd27b439b75fb4a79e11e530d23623c81a46ab 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/KNOWN_BUGS
+++ b/docs/KNOWN_BUGS
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ may have been fixed since this was written!
   libcurl thinks of it as the *compressed* length. Some explanations are here:
   http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2003-06/0146.html
 
-4. IPv6 support on AIX 4.3.3 doesn't work due to a missing sockaddr_storage
-  struct. It has been reported to work on AIX 5.1 though.
-
 3. GOPHER transfers seem broken
 
 2. If a HTTP server responds to a HEAD request and includes a body (thus