Control: reassign -1 libc6 On Jo, 05 dec 13, 15:47:50, Richard van der Hoff wrote: > Package: libc > Version: glibc > Severity: normal > Tags: ipv6 > > If the first entry in /etc/resolv.conf is an ipv6 address, and the second is > an ipv4 address, then, if the ipv6 lookup fails, then no fallback takes place > to the secondary (or tertiary) servers. > > Furthermore, if a 'search' list is specified, and an ipv6 address is > present in the list, then no retries take place on any server. > > For example, given the following in /etc/resolv.conf: > > nameserver 0100::1 > nameserver 4.4.4.4 > > "getent ahosts www.google.com" returns no entries. tcpdump shows that the > secondary server is never polled, although the primary is polled twice. > > > Given the following in /etc/resolv.conf: > > search zzz.com > nameserver 0100::1 > nameserver 4.4.4.4 > > tcpdump shows the first server being queried for www.google.com, and > then for www.google.com.zzz.com. The secondary server is never queried > at all (as above), and the primary is only queried once for each hostname. > > > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.1 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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