102209 2005-08-12 02:16 0000 wget always prefers IPv4 by default 2005-09-12 14:32:35 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 minor --- 1 bugzilla.gentoo.simon@arlott.org seemant@gentoo.org jakub@gentoo.org radek@podgorny.cz bugzilla.gentoo.simon@arlott.org 2005-08-12 02:16:39 0000 wget(1): --prefer-family=IPv4/IPv6/none When given a choice of several addresses, connect to the addresses with specified address family first. IPv4 addresses are preferred by default. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. wget http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/distfiles/linux-2.6.12.tar.bz2 Actual Results: Resolving ftp.belnet.be... 193.190.198.20, 2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931 Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|193.190.198.20|:80... connected. Expected Results: Resolving ftp.belnet.be... 2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931, 193.190.198.20 Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931|:80... connected. When the USE flag 'ipv6' is enabled, the following line should be added to /etc/wget/wgetrc: prefer_family = IPv6 jakub@gentoo.org 2005-08-12 02:22:34 0000 (In reply to comment #0) > When the USE flag 'ipv6' is enabled, the following line should be added to > /etc/wget/wgetrc: > > prefer_family = IPv6 Uh, that would make quite a couple of people angry, ipv6 use flags is enabled *by default* in most profiles while most people don't have IPv6 connectivity at all. I vote for WONTFIX unless ipv6 is removed from make.defaults. bugzilla.gentoo.simon@arlott.org 2005-08-12 02:37:36 0000 Preferring IPv6 does not break IPv4 connections, and this would only have an effect for services available over IPv6 as well as IPv4. Example with ::/0 default route via eth0 (I have no idea why the Linux kernel does this on startup): Resolving ftp.belnet.be... 2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931, 193.190.198.20 Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931|:80... failed: Cannot assign requested address. Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|193.190.198.20|:80... connected. Example with unreachable ::/0 route: Resolving ftp.belnet.be... 2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931, 193.190.198.20 Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931|:80... failed: Network is unreachable. Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|193.190.198.20|:80... connected. jakub@gentoo.org 2005-08-12 02:44:50 0000 (In reply to comment #2) > Resolving ftp.belnet.be... 2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931, 193.190.198.20 > Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931|:80... failed: > Network is unreachable. > Connecting to ftp.belnet.be|193.190.198.20|:80... connected. Yes, that's what I'm talking about, resolving IPv6 address on IPv4 connection would make people confused and angry. IPv6 users can easily set that themselves, but this is IMHO a really bad default for all users (again, ipv6 is default use flag in Gentoo). bugzilla.gentoo.simon@arlott.org 2005-08-12 03:07:35 0000 (In reply to comment #3) > Yes, that's what I'm talking about, resolving IPv6 address on IPv4 connection > would make people confused and angry. IPv6 users can easily set that themselves, > but this is IMHO a really bad default for all users (again, ipv6 is default use > flag in Gentoo). Maybe the ebuild needs to display a warning that people are easily confused and that IPv6 support needs to be enabled manually despite the use flag already being enabled? radek@podgorny.cz 2005-08-12 16:32:52 0000 Just remember, ipv6 can only be spread by being used... :-) seemant@gentoo.org 2005-09-12 14:32:35 0000 I added a comment in the wgetrc file about this. Please remerge to see.