[bug-inetutils] Re: [PATCH] Make `tftpd' IPv6-compatible

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Mats,

Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden> writes:

> onsdag den  8 september 2010 klockan 14:22 skrev Ludovic Courtès detta:
>> Hi Guillem,
>> 
>> Guillem Jover <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 18:05:37 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> >> The attached patch makes ???tftpd??? IPv6-compatible.  As a side effect, 
>> >> it
>> >> makes it usable (!) on current GNU/Linux when a client connects via an
>> >> address other than the loopback address (FROM is always AF_INET6 on my
>> >> machine.)
>> 
>> [...]
>>
>> Anyway I???ll probably wait and see what happens to Mats??? patches.  The
>> test case from my patch may still be relevant, though.
>
> I did not examine the test script, but all ideas for tests of various kinds
> are always important, so please take the time to explain it to us

The test script in my patch is trivial: it launches a suitably
configured inetd, tries to fetch a file using the tftp client connecting
to tftpd/inetd, and then makes sure the downloaded file has the expected
content.  It does so for all the configured addresses of the host.

Thanks,
Ludo’.