Bug 210617 - No IPv6 support (with patch)
Summary: No IPv6 support (with patch)
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: vnc
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Tkac
QA Contact: David Lawrence
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: IPv6Blocker 218422
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-10-13 11:14 UTC by Tim Waugh
Modified: 2013-04-30 23:34 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-10-24 07:50:16 UTC
Type: ---
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vnc-ipv6.patch (2.09 KB, patch)
2006-10-13 11:14 UTC, Tim Waugh 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Tim Waugh 2006-10-13 11:14:36 UTC 
Description of problem:
With /etc/hosts like this:

==>
::1    localhost.localdomain    localhost
<==

(as shipped by default in FC6) try this command: vncviewer :1

It fails.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.1.2-3.fc6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. vncviewer :1
  
Actual results:
unable to resolve host by name: Success (0)

Expected results:
Connection refused.

Additional info:
Patch attached.
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2006-10-13 11:14:36 UTC 
Created attachment 138416 [details]
vnc-ipv6.patch
Comment 2 Adam Tkac 2006-10-13 11:17:16 UTC 
thank you for patch
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2006-10-20 19:26:12 UTC 
vnc-4.1.2-4.fc7 has been pushed for fc5, which should resolve this issue.  If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Tim Waugh 2006-10-23 16:48:18 UTC 
The problem is more apparent in FC6 really.
Comment 5 Adam Tkac 2006-10-24 07:50:16 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> The problem is more apparent in FC6 really.

oops, my mistake. vnc-4.1.2-4.fc6 has been pushed for fc6 now. update will be
avaliable in future 2 days
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