Bug#618725: sun-java6-plugin: workaround

[Niels Thykier]

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On 2011-03-29 13:49, Pavel Mihaduk wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:51 PM, T <78abc at web.de> wrote:
>>> In /etc/sysctl.d/bindv6only.conf you have to change this line:
>>> net.ipv6.bindv6only=1
>>>
>>> To this:
>>> net.ipv6.bindv6only=0
> 
>> AFAIK 0 is the default in Debian.
> 
>> Torsten
> 
> It is 1 by default, at least in current sid.
> 

No; it was enabled in a short period in sid/testing during the Squeeze
development cycles[1].  It was disabled again later, but the netbase
maintainer refused to auto-revert it[2].  But yes, the workaround you
list below should work as it is effectively undoes this setting for Java
only.

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560238

[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576633#10

> Btw there's one more workaround: in your Sun Java Control Panel -> Java -> 
> View -> User -> Runtime Paremeters
> add "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Pavel Mihaduk
> 
> 
> 
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> 

~Niels

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