Bug 528238

Summary:	>=dev-lang/python 3.3 - IPv6Network constructor does not recognize legitimate netmask
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chris PeBenito <pebenito>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Python Gentoo Team <python>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	arfrever.fta
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Chris PeBenito 2014-11-04 16:44:31 UTC

Python 3.3+ sometimes does not recognize a legitimate IPv6Network netmask:

$ python3
Python 3.3.5 (default, May 28 2014, 13:56:57) 
[GCC 4.7.3] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ipaddress as ip
>>> nodecon = ip.IPv6Network('ff00::/ff00::')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/ipaddress.py", line 2084, in __init__
    self._prefixlen = self._prefix_from_prefix_string(addr[1])
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/ipaddress.py", line 514, in _prefix_from_prefix_string
    self._report_invalid_netmask(prefixlen_str)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/ipaddress.py", line 497, in _report_invalid_netmask
    raise NetmaskValueError(msg) from None
ipaddress.NetmaskValueError: 'ff00::' is not a valid netmask
>>> nodecon = ip.IPv6Network('ff00::/8')
>>> print(nodecon)
ff00::/8
>>> print(nodecon.with_netmask)
ff00::/ff00::

I get the same behavior on Python 3.4.2.

Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis 2014-11-05 03:59:07 UTC

Such problems should be reported in https://bugs.python.org/

Comment 2 Dirkjan Ochtman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-11-05 14:14:31 UTC

This is an upstream bug, please file there.