Hi, I've now filed bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435646 So hopefully the libc6 maintainer will take a look at this, and we can get this patch included, which should make ipv6 behave essentially invisbly unless it is configured. Cheers, Andrew McMillan. On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 22:02 +1200, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > Maybe I misread it though - I'm certainly no libc guru. Anyone else > care to comment on the exact effects? This seems to be the crux of it > here: > > +++ sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_pf.c 2007-04-02 21:39:46.000000000 +0200 > @@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ > *seen_ipv4 = true; > break; > case AF_INET6: > - *seen_ipv6 = true; > + if (ifam->ifa_scope < RT_SCOPE_LINK) > + { > + *seen_ipv6 = true; > + } > > if (ifam->ifa_flags & (IFA_F_DEPRECATED > | IFA_F_TEMPORARY > > > It seems to me that will need a globally scoped address to be assigned > before it will consider that IPv6 is a happening thing and start sending > (or waiting on) AAAA lookups. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew @ Catalyst .Net .NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St DDI: +64(4)803-2201 MOB: +64(272)DEBIAN OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. -- Oscar Wilde -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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