Index: bin/emerge
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--- bin/emerge	(revision 6308)
+++ bin/emerge	(working copy)
@@ -3948,7 +3948,7 @@
 		all_rsync_opts = set(rsync_opts)
 		all_rsync_opts.update(
 			settings.get("PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS","").split())
-		family = socket.AF_UNSPEC
+		family = socket.AF_INET
 		if "-4" in all_rsync_opts or "--ipv4" in all_rsync_opts:
 			family = socket.AF_INET
 		elif socket.has_ipv6 and \