Package: apt Version: 0.8.10.3+squeeze1 Severity: normal Tags: ipv6 On a system with only IPv6 addresses, apt-get or aptitude update fails with errors like this:
Something wicked happened resolving 'ftp.us.debian.org:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname) DNS resolution works fine outside of APT, for example with host or dig. Here are my network configurations: ip addr show: 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 00:26:b9:23:7d:76 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 2001:470:8683:0:226:b9ff:fe23:7d76/64 scope global dynamic valid_lft 86263sec preferred_lft 14263sec inet6 fe80::226:b9ff:fe23:7d76/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:24:d6:73:09:cc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff /etc/resolv.conf: search kenyonralph.com domain kenyonralph.com nameserver 2001:470:8683::1 -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Invoke ""; DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/rkhunter ] && ( ! grep -q -E '^DISABLE_TESTS=.*(hashes.*attributes|attributes.*hashes|properties)' /etc/rkhunter.conf || grep -q -E '^ENABLE_TESTS=.*(hashes|attributes|properties)' /etc/rkhunter.conf); then /usr/bin/rkhunter --propupd --nolog; fi"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; RPM ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; RPM::Post-Invoke ""; RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security"; Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "root@localhost"; Aptitude ""; Aptitude::CmdLine ""; Aptitude::CmdLine::Always-Prompt "1"; Aptitude::CmdLine::Show-Versions "1"; Aptitude::UI ""; Aptitude::UI::Advance-On-Action "1"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 90 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contrib # http://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze-proposed-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze-proposed-updates main contrib non-free deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free deb-src http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main non-free contrib #deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free #deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free deb http://mozilla.debian.net squeeze-backports iceweasel-release deb http://packages.ntp.org/debian stable main deb-src http://packages.ntp.org/debian stable main -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (90, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-bpo.2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libc6 2.11.3-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-8 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc 0.8.10.3+squeeze1 Documentation for APT ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.2+squeeze1 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-6+squeeze1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.12 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.100.1+squeeze1 Python interface to libapt-pkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org