On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Jacob Swed wrote:

> I saw this more as a build issue. As configure is running it should (if
> possible) detect that IPv6 would kill performance given X or Y factors and
> disable it by default. Maybe for now that is based on the platform.

The configure checks are supposed to check for features and functions, not for
specific platforms or operating systems. Thus, a check like this would need to
check for a defective getaddrinfo() (if at all possible).

Are we sure this is really an OS flaw and not just a config or site specific
problem of yours?

Finally, the ipv6 support enables ipv6 so it isn't just slower than the
regular name lookup, it offers additional features.

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