[issue18308] checkRecvmsgAddress wrong in test_socket.py (AIX failures)

[David Edelsohn]

David Edelsohn added the comment:

The patch in msg192259 probably will work on the particular AIX system runnnig the buildbot, but I do not believe that the patch is the correct solution for the problem.

scope_id 1 is not necessarily the correct link for IPv6 address ::1. The scope_id values are system dependent and the result could be any value depending on the interfaces available on the particular system running the test. scope_id 1 might not exist on the system, and forcing that value would generate an error.

I think the safest solution is not to compare scope_id when comparing addresses.

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