[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#561835: josm: net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 breaks OSM access

[David Paleino]

reassign 561835 openjdk-6-jdk
forcemerge 560056 561835
thanks

Hello Roland,

On Sunday 20 December 2009 16:41:13, Roland Mas wrote:
> JOSM started complaining about not being able to access the API server
> some time ago. I initially suspected a temporary brokenness on that
> server, but since it persisted I eventually tried to debug it with
> Wireshark.  I found out that even though the DNS queries were sent and
> got answered, JOSM didn't attempt to open a socket to the server.  What
> attracted my attention was that the A query did get answers, but the
> answer section for the AAAA query is empty (apparently the API servers
> are not available over IPv6).  Then I remembered about a recent thread
> in debian-devel about changing a default value for an IPv6-related
> kernel parameter, and tried that out:
> ,----
> 
> | echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only
> 
> `----
> (The previous value was 1).  This change “fixed” JOSM, and I can now
> connect to the API servers again.
> 
>   I seem to remember the conclusion of the thread was that applications
> that are broken by the new default value should be signalled and fixed,
> so here's my report for JOSM :-)

Well, I believe this should be fixed somewhere higher than JOSM itself, so bug 
reassigned, and merged with the existing one. ;)

Kindly,
David

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