Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:45:57 -0500 From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net>, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resolver doesn't like 1.2.3.04 in /etc/hosts Message-ID: <4360CC05.2070907@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0510271338440.10652@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <200510262307.j9QN7G7V014335@drugs.dv.isc.org> <Pine.GSO.4.62.0510271304060.10652@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <4360C6A7.2080502@iaces.com> <Pine.GSO.4.62.0510271338440.10652@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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Jan Grant wrote:
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> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Paul T. Root wrote:
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>>man inet_addr
>>
>>and you'll find:
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>>All numbers supplied as ``parts'' in a `.' notation may be decimal,
>>octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the C language (i.e., a leading
>>0x or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal;
>>otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal).
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>>So a leading zero means hex. Stop trying to make it look pretty.
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>>Standards are a good thing and need to be followed.
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>
> I also found:
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> [[[
> STANDARDS
> The inet_ntop() and inet_pton() functions conform to X/Open Networking
> Services Issue 5.2 (``XNS5.2''). Note that inet_pton() does not accept
> 1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts must be specified and
> are interpreted only as decimal values. This is a narrower input set
> than that accepted by inet_aton().
> ]]]
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> on that same man page :-)
Sure but the hosts(5) man page says that it follows inet_addr(3) spec.
Sorry, I neglected to put that little leap in.
> Cheers,
> jan
>
> PS. I only raised the issue in case anyone else was bitten by it (which
> is why a PR might be handy). Having "fixed" /etc/hosts, I don't think
> this is worth wasting more energy on.
Yeah, you're right there.
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