[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#629640: Bug#629640: check_ping: should fall back to IPv4 if IPv6 is not available

[Jan Wagner]

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tags 629640 +wontfix
thanks

Hi Chris,

thanks for taking time and reporting the issue.

Am 08.06.2011 12:45, schrieb Chris Butler:
> When neither the -4 nor -6 options are specified on the
> command-line, one would expect the check_ping plugin to try both
> (as most programs do). Instead, if it finds an AAAA record for the
> hostname given, it will *only* try IPv6, and fail if no IPv6
> connectivity is available.
> 
> e.g. on a fully dual-stacked host:
> 
> chrisb at cob:~$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H
> www.google.co.uk -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 1 PING OK - Packet
> loss = 0%, RTA = 19.56
> ms|rta=19.555000ms;3000.000000;5000.000000;0.000000 pl=0%;80;100;0
> 
> but on a machine with IPv4 only:
> 
> chrisb at squeeze-vm:~$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H
> www.google.co.uk -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 1 CRITICAL -
> Network Unreachable (www.google.co.uk)

We discussed this already in #597068[1] and I don't see any other
reasons yet.

With kind regards, Jan.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/597068
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