control: severity -1 wishlist On 2016-03-15 10:57, Christian Pernegger wrote: > Package: libc-bin > Version: 2.21-9 > Severity: normal > Tags: ipv6 > > Hi, > > on my jessie systems localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1 (expected), on > this stretch one it it's ::1 (unexpected). The latter also breaks > services that don't listen on IPv6, so calling up > "http://localhost:8080/"; in iceweasel, for instance, leads nowhere. > > /etc/hosts, /etc/host.conf and /etc/gai.conf are functionally > identical so at first glance it's a change in default behaviour that's > also going to bite upgrades. > > I originally reported this as #818243, but apparently it's intended > behaviour and I should fix the client. Fair enough, and at least it > pointed me to /etc/gai.conf, but > * until all clients are fixed, this behaviour of preferring IPv6 will > break a lot of stuff in mysterious ways. > * I don't use IPv6 at all, it's just enabled by default, so I'm not > willing to devote a lot of time to fixing issues with it (like filing > bugs against all clients or ploughing through an RFC to understand what > /etc/gai.conf does and how). > > How about a debconf option to have the resolver prefer IPv4 or IPv6 > and a note in the release notes?
gai.conf is not really the kind of file that is easily to maintain through a debconf interface. So I don't think it's something we are going to develop. That said if someone provides a patch that can manage it, we'll probably merge it. Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net
