Bug#1067760: libc6: Curious behavior of inet_pton() on IPv4 mapped numbers

[Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>]

Hi,

Thanks for your bug report.

On 2024-03-26 12:53, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.36-9+deb12u4
> Severity: normal
> Tags: ipv6
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I compiled the example program given in the  inet_pton(3) man page, and obtain
> the following:
> 
> $ ./a.out i6 0:0:0:ffff:5:6:7:8
> ::ffff:5:6:7:8
> $ ./a.out i6 0:0:0:ffff:5.6.7.8
> Not in presentation format
> $ ./a.out i6 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:5.6.7.8
> ::ffff:5.6.7.8

Could you please tell me what do you find curious and what do you expect
instead? Thanks.

Regards
Aurelien

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