Commit b85b56a7 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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45. libcurl built to support ipv6 uses getaddrinfo() to resolve host names. 

  getaddrinfo() sorts the response list which effectively kills how libcurl
  deals with round-robin DNS entries. All details:
    http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2007-07/0168.html
  initial suggested function to use for randomizing the response:
    http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2007-07/0178.html
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45. libcurl built to support ipv6 uses getaddrinfo() to resolve host names.

  getaddrinfo() sorts the response list which effectively kills how libcurl

  deals with round-robin DNS entries. All details:

    http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2007-07/0168.html

  initial suggested function to use for randomizing the response:

    http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2007-07/0178.html



44. --ftp-method nocwd does not handle URLs ending with a slash properly (it

44. --ftp-method nocwd does not handle URLs ending with a slash properly (it

  should list the contents of that directory). See test case 351.

  should list the contents of that directory). See test case 351.