Package: apt Version: 0.5.27 Severity: wishlist The mirror I use supports both IPv4 & IPv6 for access method http,
$ host -t a ftp.ie.debian.org ftp.ie.debian.org has address 193.1.219.85 $ host -t aaaa ftp.ie.debian.org ftp.ie.debian.org has AAAA address 2001:770:18:2::1:1 My IPv6 connection is via a 6in4 tunnel. Bottom line: v4 is much faster on this route than v6. (I suspect this is typical of IPv6-enabled machines, and will remain so for at least ten years.) However apt-get seems to use v6 in preference to v4 when both are available. I wish there were a way to alter this behavior.
