[exim] Re: mysql_servers syntax for ipv6-only database serve…

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Autor: Viktor Dukhovni via Exim-users
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Para: exim-users
Assunto: [exim] Re: mysql_servers syntax for ipv6-only database server
On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 12:05:29AM +0000, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote:
> On 12/11/2024 11:47, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote:
> >    This is a bug; feel free to raise one.  The problem will be fixing it
> >    in some way that is back-compatible.
> 
> The syntax design really needs a total redo in this area, but that's too much
> change for now.  Perhaps in the mythical Exim version 5.
> 
> There's a fairly small code-change which doesn't get too unpleasant
> in syntax terms, so I've pushed that.  You'll be able to use
> 
>   hostname:port
>   ipv4:port
>   ipv6.port          (new, but note that dot)


That dot feels unwise to me, much closer to established practice would
be: [ipv6]:port.  Note that some IPv6 address have "."'s:

    - ::ffff:192.0.2.1
    - ::192.0.2.1

-- 
    Viktor.


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