[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #3464: cupsd resolves localhost to both IPv4 and IPv6 address even if only 1 is set

Ecki ecki at intershop.de
Tue Jan 5 23:13:03 PST 2010


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[STR Closed w/o Resolution]

So this should at least explicitly be mentioned in the manual pages.

Still, the behaviour is incorrect from a network view: If a host's _name_
is given, it should be resolved.

Why not have a correct behaviour as the default, and only cope with the
problematic case -- means: correctly try to resolve "localhost", and only
for cases where this resolution is impossible switch to the current
(incorrect) default behaviour _and_ issue a warning in the log file? This
would be much more common, and the additional, problematic case
(resolution of "localhost" is impossible) is covered as intended.

Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3464
Version: 1.3.11
Fix Version: Will Not Fix





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