Bug#391280: apache2-mpm-prefork: doesn't bind to IPv4 socket when IPv6 enabled

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

Hi Jarek,

> Yup, that's my case.
> #v+
> [jarek@vilo ~]% /sbin/sysctl net.ipv6.bindv6only
> net.ipv6.bindv6only = 1
> #v-
> 
> > Maybe we should put a hint in README.Debian that our apache supports 
> > only net.ipv6.bindv6only = 0 at the moment.
> 
> Please don't require reconfiguring whole system. If it's only
> configuration supported by apache, maybe it should setsockopt
> (IPV6_V6ONLY) its sockets? This way it could revert to
> net.ipv6.bindv6only=0 only on its sockets, without touching rest of
> system.


if you have the time, you could try recompiling apache2 with the line
"017_fix_ipv6" removed from the file debian/patches/00list and check if that fixes the problem.

Cheers,
Stefan