From 32e94b7a9a85facc0df176f9f0d347648eed2bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cjihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 09:50:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] net: remove implicit setting of DNS hints

This commit removes the implicit setting of the V4MAPPED and
ADDRCONFIG DNS flags in createConnection(). As of
39de601e1c3eda92eb2e37eca4e6aa960f206f39, users that need these
flags can set them explicitly.
---
 lib/net.js | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 37797bedbc182d..61ff7327fbcec4 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -949,17 +949,6 @@ function lookupAndConnect(self, options) {
     hints: options.hints || 0
   };
 
-  if (dnsopts.family !== 4 && dnsopts.family !== 6 && dnsopts.hints === 0) {
-    dnsopts.hints = dns.ADDRCONFIG;
-    // The AI_V4MAPPED hint is not supported on FreeBSD or Android,
-    // and getaddrinfo returns EAI_BADFLAGS. However, it seems to be
-    // supported on most other systems. See
-    // http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2008-February/028260.html
-    // for more information on the lack of support for FreeBSD.
-    if (process.platform !== 'freebsd' && process.platform !== 'android')
-      dnsopts.hints |= dns.V4MAPPED;
-  }
-
   debug('connect: find host ' + host);
   debug('connect: dns options', dnsopts);
   self._host = host;