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Bug#703422: Use bracket notation or full URI notation when printing IPv6 addresses

Package: apt
Version: 0.9.7.8
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I was recently helping to debug an issue with APT (which turned out to
be just left-over IPv6 proxy configuration) and I have noticed that
the APT output prints raw IPv6 addresses without brackets which is
very confusing.

Err http://ftp.cz.debian.org unstable Release.gpg                                                                                 
  Could not connect to 2001:db8::ff00:42:8329:8049 (2001:db8::ff00:42:8329). - connect (110: Connection timed out)

Would it be possible either to use bracket form, e.g.:

  Could not connect to [2001:db8::ff00:42:8329]:8049 (2001:db8::ff00:42:8329). - connect (110: Connection timed out)

Or (which might be better and easier since it doesn't require any
address-or-ipv6-address detection) use full URI as specified in the
Acquire::http::Proxy directive, e.g.:

  Could not connect to http://[2001:db8::ff00:42:8329]:8049 (2001:db8::ff00:42:8329). - connect (110: Connection timed out)

It would really help the debugging.


Also it might be a good idea to say something about proxy unavailable - (that's not IPv6 specific), e.g.:

  Could not connect to proxy http://[2001:db8::ff00:42:8329]:8049 (2001:db8::ff00:42:8329). - connect (110: Connection timed out)

Thanks for considering this in the future,
Ondrej

-- Package-specific info:

-- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2012.4
ii  gnupg                   1.4.12-7
ii  libapt-pkg4.12          0.9.7.8
ii  libc6                   2.13-38
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.7.2-5
ii  libstdc++6              4.7.2-5

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc     <none>
ii  aptitude    0.6.8.2-1
ii  dpkg-dev    1.16.9
ii  python-apt  0.8.8.1
ii  xz-utils    5.1.1alpha+20120614-2

-- no debconf information
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