Call for testers.

[Pekka Savola]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Damien Miller wrote:
> Applied after changes - it is always fatal to fail.
>
> > 5) It might be time to remove --with-ipv4-default, at least for redhat7,
> > but this is a policy decision..
>
> Maybe for Redhat 7.2. Has the long name resolution delay when using a
> Linux box with IPv6 available (in the kernel) but not configured been
> resolved?

Latest openssh packages for Red Hat don't have this option anymore;
moreover, it seems Mandrake etc. removed it around 2.5.2.  It should be
safe.  (some users might wonder about the pf-10 messages in the syslog
though).

One of my workstations (RHL72 beta, RHL71 was ok too) has IPv6 enabled
(module loaded) but only link-local addresses are configured (no IPv6
router); there are no problems with connecting to IPv4 with this.  Only
thing that changes is an extra DNS query for AAAA records which causes a
delay order of dozens or a hundred milliseconds.  No big deal IMO.

I don't recall seeing the behaviour you mentioned on RHL62 (glibc 2.1)
either, but I can't be 100% sure.  I guess it was something from glibc 2.0
or libc5 times.

If version is bumped to 3.0, this might be a logical time to embrace IPv6
too..  ;-)

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Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy                   not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords