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Re: [Bug-tar] paxutils: unable to work over ipv6
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Joerg Schilling |
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Re: [Bug-tar] paxutils: unable to work over ipv6 |
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Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:00:50 +0100 |
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nail 11.22 3/20/05 |
Pavel Raiskup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> $Subject is truth because of gethostbyname call from paxutils which works
> for ipv4 only. We should use getaddrinfo these days for checking for
> existing hostname/ip address.
not only this....
The gnu remote tape interface does not support the recent version of the
protocol and as a result may destroy tape content in case that client and
server are not on the same OS.
This is a problem that is addressed by the support in star since 19 years and
was extended in 2001.
Jörg
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