Re: ipv6 apt issue
On 2017-03-28 13:24 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> I'm hitting an IPv6 snafu.
>
> I've got a dual stack host and when doing various apt-y things I attempt to
> connect to:
>
> # apt update
> 0% [Connecting to ftp-chi.osuosl.org (2600:3402:200:227::2)
>
> but it hangs and doesn't seem to complete its connection.
Apparently ftp-chi.osuosl.org works for me, can you reach other IPv6
sites?
> If I look at my sources lists:
>
> % grep http /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list | sed -e 's/.*http:\/\///' | uniq
> ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
> ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
> ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
> ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
>
> I don't have an /etc/apt/sources.list file. To my observation, my host
> should only be connecting ftp.us.debian.org.
That's correct, but there are many machines behind ftp.us.debian.org.
> Which has the following v6 addresses:
>
> % dig ftp.us.debian.org aaaa +short
> 2610:148:1f10:3::89
> 2620:0:861:1:208:80:154:15
>
> So, where does the above ftp-chi.osuosl.org (2600:3402:200:227::2) coming
> from?
>From DNS round robin, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS.
Cheers,
Sven
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