Re: [cp-patches] [Patch] java.net.InetAddress

[Dalibor Topic]

Michael Koch wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 October 2004 13:42, Jeroen Frijters wrote:

> > I was thinking about IPv6 addresses, wouldn't they go wrong with
> > your code?
>
>
> Ah, you are right. Note that GNU classpath has nearly no IPv6 support. 
> I want to look into this soon. The version in libgcj has some more 
> IPv6 support. I dont know yet how complete/functional it is. This 
> needs testing. I would vote to get IPv4 correct for now/first.
>
> Note that your solution might work for IPv6 but does not have to.

Michael, you may want to check out Kaffe's IPv6 code for InetAddress (& 
pure java DNSJava integration) from Tim Stack, Guilhem & Ito. Afaik it 
works well for IPv6. [1] I don't know what Tim's status is wrt to FSF 
paperwork, though.

cheers,
dalibor topic

[1] http://www.kaffe.org/pipermail/kaffe/2004-July/099060.html