Bug#268631: force preference of IPv4 over IPv6
severity 268631 wishlist
tag 268631 + wontfix
thanks
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:59:16AM +0100, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> > ... It doesn't belong in APT, it should be a global, system-wide
> > preference. I don't feel like adjusting the preferences of every
> > single network program whenever I switch from a good IPv6 to a bad
> > IPv6 network.
>
> I absolutely agree.
>
> > Barak: if IPv6 is much slower than IPv4, please adjust the
> > preferences in /etc/gai.conf. Just say
> >
> > precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100
>
> That configuration file is impossible for non-super-uber-expert
> programmers to find.
>
> $ man -k ipv6 | egrep gai | wc -l
> 0
>
> $ man -k gai.conf
> gai.conf (5) - getaddrinfo(3) configuration file
>
> Preferring IPv4 over IPv6 should be the default. If there is any
> non-silly argument for not making it the default, I have not heard it.
IPv6 should be the default, that's the only way to do a transition to
IPv6. Also it is mandated by a lot of RFC. They are plenty of other good
reasons of preferring IPv6 over IPv4. It's not going to change.
Tagging the bug as wontfix.
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