Bug#197492: marked as done (gethostbyname2 does not resolve experimental A6 records)
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From: Daniel 'NebuchadnezzaR' Dehennin <nebuchadnezzar@nerim.net>
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Subject: iputils-ping: ping6 make only AAAA DNS query
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Package: iputils-ping
Version: 3:20020927-1
Severity: normal
When testing my IPv6 LAN, ping6 was unable to ping my machines, a tcpdump show
me that ping6 resolv names with AAAA query on my DNS, but I'm using A6 records.
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Debian Release: testing/unstable
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Subject: Re: #197492: gethostbyname2 does not resolve experimental A6
records
From: Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>
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As you noted, A6 records are experimental. We have no plans to support
this scheme in Debian; I recommend that you adopt AAAA records for your
local DNS zones.
By all means request this feature again if and when the A6 proposal
reaches standards track status. In the meantime, I'm closing this bug.
p.
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