[7u10] Request for approval: 7112670: Inet4AddressImpl should use getaddrinfo/getnameinfo

[Alan Bateman]

On 19/09/2012 08:07, Shi Jun Zhang wrote:
> :
>
> I think the bug Alan mentioned is just a typo by Mac porting but not 
> because of using getnameinfo and getaddrinfo.
The bug I referenced stemmed from the Mac port inadvertently changing 
the code to use getnameinfo in 7u4. This resulted in a behavioral change 
in some environments that meant the FQDN was returned for cases where it 
didn't previously. It's not technically a bug, but it was a behavior 
change that caused at least one application to break. There was 
discussion on this list at the time (need to check archives for 
April/May/June 2012 timeframe).

Anyway, I'm not saying the change is inappropriate for 7u, it's just 
that the impact needs to be understood. This means going through each of 
the impacted platforms and the possible configurations where changes 
might be observed by applications.

-Alan.