[distcc] sockaddr_storage in dparent.c and prefork.c

[Martin Pool]

On 27 Nov 2003, Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu.edu> wrote:
> There was a change from 2.11.2 to CVS in which src/dparent.c and 
> src/prefork.c use sockaddr_storage instead of sockaddr.  I do not 
> believe that sockaddr_storage is supported by newlib on Cygwin (our C 
> library).
> 
> My temporary fix was to change sockaddr_storage back to sockaddr. 
> Everything compiles again.  Would somebody comment on whether or not 
> this change is essential for some other platform?  If the change is not 
> essential for some other platform, could we change back to sockaddr so 
> that the build isn't broken on Cygwin?

It's needed to make IPv6 support work, since sockaddr_in6 is typically
bigger than sockaddr.

The intent of the change was that sockaddr_storage would only be used
if you give --enable-rfc2553.  RFC2553 requires sockaddr_storage.  Is
there a problem in how this is done?

-- 
Martin 
                               linux.conf.au -- Adelaide, January 2004