diff -ru portage-2.1.1_pre20060710/bin/emerge portage-2.1.1_pre20060710-ipv6/bin/emerge
--- portage-2.1.1_pre20060710/bin/emerge	2006-07-11 01:01:38.000000000 +0200
+++ portage-2.1.1_pre20060710-ipv6/bin/emerge	2006-07-12 10:26:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -2657,8 +2657,21 @@
 			if ips:
 				del ips[0]
 			if ips==[]:
+				rsync_afi = socket.AF_UNSPEC
+				for opt in ("-4", "--ipv4"):
+					if opt in rsync_opts:
+						rsync_afi = socket.AF_INET
+				for opt in ("-6", "--ipv6"):
+					if opt in rsync_opts:
+						rsync_afi = socket.AF_INET6
+
 				try:
-					ips=socket.gethostbyname_ex(hostname)[2]
+					for addrinfo in socket.getaddrinfo(hostname, None, rsync_afi, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
+						if addrinfo[0] == 10:	# IPv6 addresses need to be added with brackets
+							ips.append('[' + addrinfo[4][0] + ']')
+						else:
+							ips.append(addrinfo[4][0])
+							
 				except SystemExit, e:
 					raise # Needed else can't exit
 				except Exception, e: