Re: libcurl 8.16.0 spawning large number of getaddrinfo threads?

Monty Brandenberg via curl-library <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:26:00 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.curl.library
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10/18/2025 9:05 PM, Demi Marie Obenour via curl-library wrote:
> Should distros build with c-ares by default?  I'm wondering if
> getaddrinfo() is just too poor an interface.

The better interface is getaddrinfo_a() but only has standing as
a GNU extension.  The old BSD-style synchronous interfaces are
definitely wanting...




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