unpv13e/libfree/README.getaddrinfo

09Sep96

Please read the comments at the begiinning of getaddrinfo.c.

Supplied with this function are the two files inet_pton.c and
inet_ntop.c from the BIND-4.9.4 release.  The arguments of
these two functions differ from the current (but old) Internet
Draft "ipngwg-bsd-api-05.txt", but the next revision of this
draft will document these functions as they exist in BIND-4.9.4.

Beware that most IPv6 releases are "alpha" at this time.  The
use of the RES_USE_INET6 option in getaddrinfo() is again from
the BIND-4.9.4 release, as this is what will become the standard.
But few implementations, if any, support this unless you install
BIND-4.9.4 (or later) yourself.

Buf fixes, suggestions, etc. are welcome.

	Rich Stevens  (rstevens@kohala.com)