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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #813375 +++

Description of problem:
support ipv6 addresses on CLI. IPv6 passed via controller works.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-viewer-0.5.2-4

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
try to connect to qemu over ipv6:
1. remote-viewer spice://ipv6_addr/?port=PORT
2. remote-viewer spice://[ipv6_addr]/?port=PORT
3.
  
Actual results:
none of above works

Expected results:
some of above works

Additional info:
when address is passed via controller, remote-viewer works

--- Additional comment from berrange on 2012-04-18 16:45:35 BST ---

The RFC compliant syntax would be the second example you give

>  remote-viewer spice://[ipv6_addr]/?port=PORT

I have confirmed that this is indeed broken for both SPICE and VNC. The VNC support can be fixed in virt-viewer itself. The SPICE fix needs to be done in SPICE-GTK

Proof of concept upstream patch:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2012-April/008769.html

Alternative patch now posted

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2012-April/008808.html

What's the driver for this being a blocker for 6.3?

AFAIK, IPv6 support was a requirement of any RHEL6 application, in this case we need spice-gtk to support it for virt-viewer, so that it can connect to an IPv6 enabled KVM host

New (hopefully final) version of upstream patch

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2012-April/008833.html

Committed upstream in

commit 50add15ef69cde34346e11b5c91e1257cecb2696
Author: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange>
Date:   Thu Apr 19 11:12:09 2012 +0100

    Fix multiple problems with URI parsing

moving to 6.4. Deadline is less than 24 hours from now. The patches were not approved upstream.

please take bug #827115 into account when looking at the patches.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0343.html