IBM has addressed the socket address storage issue as of AIX 5.3
maintenance level 5300-03; the following patch adds documentation to
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IBM will be providing a fix in the next maintenance release (expected
in October 2005) with an updated socket.h.
---
+PMR29657 was resolved in APAR IY74147: INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN
+SOCKADDR_UN AND SOCKADDR_STORAGE STRUCT
+
+APAR information
+APAR number IY74147
+Reported component name AIX 5.3
+Reported component ID 5765G0300
+Reported release 530
+Status CLOSED PER
+PE NoPE
+HIPER NoHIPER
+Submitted date 2005-07-18
+Closed date 2005-07-18
+Last modified date 2005-09-06
+
+If you upgrade to maintenance level 5300-03, that will include this
+fix. Use the command "oslevel -r" to determine what maintenance level
+you are at.
+---
From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@ca.afilias.info>
Date: 2005-07-15
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output = reverse("moc.enworbbc" "@" "enworbbc")
http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/oses.html
Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf. --- James Simmons
