In message "[ruby-talk:00278] Re: IPv6-ready ruby"
    on 99/04/14, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun / itojun.org> writes:

>	Now I fixed the bug.  missing/get{addr,name}info.c implements
>	only subset of the functionalities defined in the spec (next POSIX
>	draft and/or RFC2553).  I've imported fully functional implementation
>	to missing/*.c so the problem should be gone. (tested and working fine)
>	Thanks and please try the next snapshot too!

Yes! The snapshot 19990414a works well on my IPv4-only environment. 
I hope that IPv6 patch will be marged into 1.3.x branch, because 
releases of 1.2.x shall never employ any new features. 

Thanks. 

-- gotoken