wget prefers IPv4 address over IPv6 one
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Mon Dec 17 20:01:18 UTC 2007
Dawid Gajownik wrote:
> Dnia 12/17/2007 12:55 AM, UÅŒytkownik John Summerfield napisaÅ?:
>> Whether it works for you is irrelevant, wget has to work everywhere,
>> including networks that aren't configured for IP6.
>
> Sure, making wget broken on IPv4-only host is out of a question :)
> Before I wrote my first mail I've tested `prefer-family = IPv6' option
> on such a system (only link-local address on the network interface):
>
> [y4kk0 at X tmp]$ LANG=C wget
> http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/SHA1SUM
> --18:25:22--
> http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/SHA1SUM
> Resolving ftp.heanet.ie... 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140, 193.1.193.64
> Connecting to ftp.heanet.ie|2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140|:80... failed:
> Network is unreachable.
> Connecting to ftp.heanet.ie|193.1.193.64|:80... connected.
and other ftp clients?
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Cheers
John
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