Bug#268631: force preference of IPv4 over IPv6
reassign 268631 libc6
retitle 268631 gai.conf difficult to find
severity 268631 minor
thanks
>> Barak: if IPv6 is much slower than IPv4, please adjust the
>> preferences in /etc/gai.conf. Just say
>> precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100
> That configuration file is impossible for non-super-uber-expert
> programmers to find.
>
> $ man -k ipv6 | egrep gai | wc -l
> 0
>
> $ man -k gai.conf
> gai.conf (5) - getaddrinfo(3) configuration file
> Preferring IPv4 over IPv6 should be the default.
No. There are excellent reasons why IPv6 is preferred to IPv4 by
default, and this is not going to change.
Juliusz
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