Package: w3m Version: 0.5.3-8 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
w3m works fine with URLs containing an IPv6 address of global scope. However, when adding the interface specifier required for link-local addresses, w3m completely mis-parses the URL. This is apparent when using a proxy: w3m requests the URL "http://[fe80:0/"; from the proxy, rather than the entered URL "http://[fe80::f2ad:4eff:fe00:6112%eth0]/";. Without a proxy, w3m simply states that it can't load the URL without giving any reason. The syntax for using IPv6 link-local addresses as part of URLs is defined by RFC 6874 [1]. IPv6 link-local addresses are quite useful for interacting with embedded devices. They require neither manual configuration (like static IPv4 addresses do) nor additional equipment (like a DHCP server for giving out IPv4 addresses). Sascha [1] http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6874 -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages w3m depends on: ii libc6 2.17-7 ii libgc1c2 1:7.1-9.1 ii libgpm2 1.20.4-6 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1e-2 ii libtinfo5 5.9-10 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13 Versions of packages w3m recommends: ii ca-certificates 20130119 Versions of packages w3m suggests: ii man-db 2.6.2-1 ii menu 2.1.46 pn migemo <none> ii mime-support 3.52-1 ii w3m-el 1.4.4-11 ii w3m-img 0.5.3-8 -- 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
