Re: [bug-inetutils] A command to query the libc resolver

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hello,

> It is currently quite rough: no localization, no options, and so on. But
> I think it just works. Do you think such a tool would be worth being
> integrated to some software suite, such as inetutils?

Such a tool would certainly be useful. However, I have serveral
questions regarding the implementation:

1. You use gethostbyname2, which is a glibc extension and is not
available on other systems. I'd suggest to use getaddrinfo instead.

2. The code handles only AF_INET and AF_INET6 families. If another
family is encountered, its behavior is uncertain.

3. The code declares variables within a code block.

Regards,
Sergey