BUGs in XBD Issue 6

[Jack McCann <yyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

@ page 277 line 9908 section <netdb.h> editorial [JMXBD6-1]

Problem:

Defect code :  1. Error 

In the function prototype for the getnameinfo() function, the
datatype of the last argument is "unsigned", it should be "int".
This is for alignment with the IETF IPv6 API specification.
See related XSH bug report [JMXSH6-5].

Action:

Change "unsigned" to "int".




@ page 279 line 9979 section <netinet/in.h> editorial [JMXBD6-2]

Problem:

Defect code :  2. Omission 

The declaration for in6addr_any is missing a const qualifier.
This is for alignment with the IETF IPv6 API specification.

Action:

Insert "const" in front of "struct in6_addr in6addr_any".




@ page 280 line 9985 section <netinet/in.h> editorial [JMXBD6-3]

Problem:

Defect code :  2. Omission 

The declaration for in6addr_loopback is missing a const qualifier.
This is for alignment with the IETF IPv6 API specification.

Action:

Insert "const" in front of "struct in6_addr in6addr_loopback".




@ page 277 line 9873 section <netdb.h> editorial [JMXBD6-4]

Problem:

Defect code :  2. Omission 

The IETF IPv6 API specification defines a flag NI_NUMERICSCOPE
for use with getnameinfo.  This flag is missing from the Austin spec.
See related XSH bug report [JMXSH6-9].

Action:

Insert the following text between lines 9873 and 9874:

NI_NUMERICSCOPE  For IPv6 addresses, the numeric form of the scope
                 identifier is returned instead of its name.