[issue24209] Allow IPv6 bind in http.server

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[issue24209] Allow IPv6 bind in http.server

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: New changeset f289084c83190cc72db4a70c58f007ec62e75247 by Jason R. Coombs in branch 'master': bpo-24209: In http.server script, rely on getaddrinfo to bind to preferred address based on the bind parameter. (#11767)

[issue24209] Allow IPv6 bind in http.server

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[issue24209] Allow IPv6 bind in http.server

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[issue24209] Allow IPv6 bind in http.server

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[issue24209] Allow IPv6 bind in http.server

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: I don't believe the current patch as accepted has the right behaviors. First off, the default behavior, which indicates "all interfaces" only binds to IPv4 interfaces. Additionally, "-b localhost" only binds to IPv4 localhost. Ideally, the bind should

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Lisa Roach added the comment: Looks like the original author isn't around anymore (feel free to chime in if you are, Link!), so I went ahead and made a PR. I added a quick unit test, it's not much but more than nothing, plus updated the documentation. -- nosy: +lisroach

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Jason R. Coombs added the comment: >From what I can tell, there's not currently any tests for the behavior of >`http.server` as a script, and that sounds like a non-trivial behavior to >test. I agree documentation updates for this change are essential, but I'd >suggest a

[issue24209] Allow IPv6 bind in http.server

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Martin Panter added the comment: I am no IPv6 expert, but this looks like a reasonable first approximation. The “http.server” module documentation should also be updated to say IPv6 addresses are supported on the command line, and I guess there should be a test case added. But maybe see

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New submission from Link Mauve: When running `python -m http.server -b ::` (or any other IPv6), I’d expect people to be able to download from my IPv6. This patch fixes that issue. I also tested it on a dual-stack kernel, IPv4 requests work just fine and appear as :::127.0.0.1 for

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