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Re: Feature request: provide ability to set a global callback function telling libcurl if IPv6 works on the system
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From: Dan Fandrich via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:13:50 -0700
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 06:58:31PM +0000, Dmitry Karpov via curl-library wrote:
> To cover such a range of cases, curl application needs a more flexible approach for detection whether IPv6 works on the "system level".
> And I guess the "curl_global_init_ipv6() with callback" provides such flexibility and allows to satisfy a wide range of application-specific needs.
Without discussing of the merits of such an idea, a callback function doesn't
seem like the right way to configure this in libcurl. An option like
CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE seems like a much cleaner solution.
Dan
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:13:50 -0700
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 06:58:31PM +0000, Dmitry Karpov via curl-library wrote:
> To cover such a range of cases, curl application needs a more flexible approach for detection whether IPv6 works on the "system level".
> And I guess the "curl_global_init_ipv6() with callback" provides such flexibility and allows to satisfy a wide range of application-specific needs.
Without discussing of the merits of such an idea, a callback function doesn't
seem like the right way to configure this in libcurl. An option like
CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE seems like a much cleaner solution.
Dan
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