Re: in6_pktinfo etc still missing in POSIX specs

[Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>]

In message <200810141624.m9EGO8uY019875 at cichlid.raleigh.ibm.com>, Thomas Narten
 writes:
> I'm not involved in this in detail, so I may be off base, but my
> understanding is that the advanced API has not been picked up by Open
> Group because its members didn't support doing so -- they just didn't
> see a need to.
> 
> My own take is that standardization of the advanced API just isn't
> compelling. When I did a survey in the past of what various vendors
> had done with the advanced API, I found that none implemented it
> completely. Rather, most implemented bits and pieces of it depending
> on what applications needed the funcitonality (or just implemented
> private versions for the applications that needed the
> functionality). And since the functionality in the adnvanced API (by
> definition) isn't needed accept by fairly exotic usages, it's hard to
> make the arguement that it needs to be implemented for basic
> interoperability.
> 
> Thomas
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	If you want to make UDP replies work without using a
	descriptor per address you listen on you need part's of the
	advanced API.

	Named uses the advanced API to get reply UDP traffic
	sourced from the correct address.

	Mark
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