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Bug#560238: marked as done (net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 breaks some buggy programs)

Your message dated Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:36:15 +0200
with message-id <[🔎] 20100622173615.GG13148@mails.so.argh.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#560238: tech-ctte: Default value for net.ipv6.bindv6only sysctl
has caused the Debian Bug report #560238,
regarding net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 breaks some buggy programs
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Package: netbase
Version: 4.39
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software

>From RFC 3493

> This socket option restricts AF_INET6 sockets to IPv6 communications
> only.  As stated in section <3.7 Compatibility with IPv4 Nodes>,
> AF_INET6 sockets may be used for both IPv4 and IPv6 communications.

I don't think there is anything else to add to show that the
net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 is wrong since it makes debian non compliant.

I also remind that it is possible to fill bugreports to upstream authors
of uncompliant software.
Filling bugreports to authors of compliant software is not a good practice.

Have a nice day


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32ares (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages netbase depends on:
ii  initscripts                   2.87dsf-8  scripts for initializing and shutt
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-23     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

Versions of packages netbase recommends:
ii  ifupdown                      0.6.9      high level tools to configure netw

netbase suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  netbase/upgrade-note/etc-network-interfaces-pre-3.17-1:
  netbase/upgrade-note/init.d-split-pre-3.16-1:
  netbase/upgrade-note/radius-ports-pre-3.05:
  netbase/upgrade-note/portmap-restart-pre-3.11-2:

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* Marco d'Itri (md@Linux.IT) [100622 10:41]:
> On Jun 22, Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > Maybe Marco, Cc:-ed, can clarify whether he still wants the tech-ctte to
> > take a decision in place of him or not?
> Indeed my plan is to revert the change in a few days.

Thanks for the clarification. In this case I'd say there is nothing
for us to decide, unless someone wants us to overrule the
revert-decision.

I'm closing this bug report now - in case someone wants us to overrule
specifically this decision from Marco:
> Indeed my plan is to revert the change in a few days.
please raise a new bug report asking for an overruling.


Thanks.


Andi

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