No idea what you perceive here as a "rant", my apologies if that seemed like one to you, that's not my intention.
FWIW both ftplist1.openbsd.org and ftplist2.openbsd.org have no AAAA entry, either. I don't see what I need to prove here. That's 3 hosts already that don't have an AAAA DNS record, so if you're on an IPv6-only link, you can't access these. I didn't check ALL the mirrors that the installer has in the list, but the one popping up in my list as ftp.spline.de doesn't have one, either, so that's just number four. With prices for IPv4 addresses are starting to increase, it surprises me that this is still such a heated topic. Nobody asks about removing IPv4-connectivity here. Nobody wants to break functionaly for v4-only users. I did try installing OpenBSD in v6-only networks, yes. On an IPv6-only host it doesn't even suggest a mirror to download from. My initial mail was about this one here, nevertheless: $ ping6 openbsd.org ping6: no address associated with name $ The fact that all the other hosts I mentioned are v4-only doesn't change that situation in any way. ~ Armin On 23-10-22 19:29:28, Philip Guenther wrote: > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 6:53 PM Armin Jenewein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On 23-10-22 15:47:45, Kastus Shchuka wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:29:08PM +0200, Armin Jenewein wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > as I'm almost 100% sure adding IPv6 connectivity to the openbsd.org > > > > host > > > > wouldn't introduce side-effects for IPv4 users: is there any reason > > > > openbsd.org still has no AAAA entry at the end of 2023? > > > > > > Why do you need it? > > > > Because it's extremely inconvenient to have manually type in the name of > > a mirror that I know has an AAAA entry. The installer won't even be able > > to download the mirror list because of the reason I mentioned. It tries > > to talk to openbsd.org which obviously fails. > > > See, this is why being clear about What Fine Problem You're Trying To Solve > is important: AFAICT the installer tries to fetch the mirror list from > ftplist1.openbsd.org and not from openbsd.org. > > Can you confirm that your _actual_ request is to have the installer be able > to get the mirror list when on an IPv6-only host? > > (Please don't rant at people who try to help, particularly when doing > exactly what you requested would NOT HAVE HELPED, unless you *want* people > to drop you in their kill-file as "not worth trying to help".) > > > Philip Guenther -- ,_^_. \- -/ \_/ \ Armin Jenewein | O o | <[email protected]> |_ < ) 3 ) / \ / /-__,__-\
