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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add getnameinfo support to getname

From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar () redhat com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:20:17 +0200

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 06:54:34PM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:

What's the advantage to using getnameinfo() rather than gethostbyaddr().


I'm not sure there are any real advantages, it's just that
gethostbyaddr() is marked as obsolete on some systems.

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