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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:56:57 +0200
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Subject: Re: ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) fails with 1.7
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> I applied a patch to Cygwin which also reports the IPv4 addresses of
> disconnected interfaces, fetching the info from the registry. =C2=A0It's
> a pity that Windows doesn't correctly report these addresses in the
> official API.
>
> This won't work for IPv6 and IPv6-only interfaces. =C2=A0I didn't find a
> generic way to list IPv6 addresses except for using the official API.
> Since Windows Vista the IPv6 address information isn't stored in the
> registry at all, at least not in a publically available, easy to read
> place.

Thank you, can I test it? Shall I just update my installation?
Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric

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