Bug#175034: apt/dpkg ipv6 ftp problem (EPTR)

["Hajo Noerenberg" <mlists@meteor.oih.rwth-aachen.de>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4

(I am a bit unsure whether to report this bug against apt or dpkg)

Apt's (0.5.4, woody) IPv6 ftp method seems to be broken:

# apt-get update
Get:1 ftp://ftp.freenet.de woody/main Packages [1777kB]
Err ftp://ftp.freenet.de woody/main Packages           
  EPRT failed, server said: Syntax error.   [IP: 2001:748:100:50::5 21]
Get:2 ftp://ftp.freenet.de woody/main Release [96B]
Err ftp://ftp.freenet.de woody/main Release
  EPRT failed, server said: Syntax error.   [IP: 2001:748:100:50::5 21]
Hit ftp://ftp.freenet.de woody/non-free Packages
Get:3 ftp://ftp.freenet.de woody/non-free Release [100B]
Err ftp://ftp.freenet.de woody/non-free Release
  EPRT failed, server said: Syntax error.   [IP: 2001:748:100:50::5 21]
[...]

The server log file shows that apt sends the clients IP-adresse as raw
binary data and not ASCII-encoded. That's wrong.

2003-01-02 10:46:40 [31245]: 3ffe:400:123:0:0:0:0:123!4280: < EPRT |2|<A0>*'@<E4><F6><FF><BF>|<BC><EE><FF><BF>,<E9><FF><BF>1|

Hajo