[debian-mysql] Bug#721487: mysql-server: standard mysql server installation does not listen on tcp6 protocol

[Adrian Immanuel Kiess]

Package: mysql-server
Version: 5.5.31+dfsg-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
     Trying to connect to mysql via perl script using DBI interface
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     Executing the perl script
   * What was the outcome of this action?
     No database connection
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
     Database connection :-)

my default installtion of mysql does not listen via IPv6 protocol for
connections, only via IPv4 protocol.

Here is the output of netstat:

root at g6 (~) % netstat --inet --listen -p -n | grep mysql
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3306          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
27020/mysqld
root at g6 (~) % netstat --inet6 --listen -p -n | grep mysql
(no output given)

Would it be possible to make mysql listen on IPv6 with a special configuration
option (I don't know) or is it a bug? I was not not able to find the option in
the default configuration files.

Sincerely,

Adrian Immanuel KIESS



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
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  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server depends on:
ii  mysql-server-5.5  5.5.31+dfsg-1

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