getaddrinfo weirdness

[Jp Calderone]

On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:53:39AM +0800, Trent Lloyd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>         Trying to use getaddrinfo to get listening addresses
> --
> import socket
> print socket.getaddrinfo(None, "ircd",socket.AF_UNSPEC , 
> socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0)
> --
> which yields the same result as
> --
> import socket
> print socket.getaddrinfo(None, "ircd")
> --
> seven:~/gravity> python test.py
> [(10, 1, 6, '', ('::1', 6667, 0, 0)), (2, 1, 6, '', ('127.0.0.1', 6667))]
> 
> 
> Technically this should return all listerning interfaces and therefore i 
> suspect perhaps :: and others.
> 

  Without the AI_PASSIVE hint being specified, the above behavior is
correct.  To find the values I believe you are looking for, try:

    from socket import *
    getaddrinfo(None, 'ircd', AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_STREAM, 0, AI_PASSIVE)

  Jp

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