Bug#471067: It also doesn't work with IPv6 HTTP proxy (i.e. POST command)

[Witold Baryluk]

Package: libwww-perl
Version: 5.834-1
Severity: normal

I have env.var. http_proxy=http://localhost:8118, and my /etc/hosts contain ::1
for localhost, and proxy (privoxy) is listening ONLY on [::1]:8118. POST fails
in such situation, with "500 Can't connct to localhost:8118 (Bad hostname
'localhost')." (resolver fails), when i have "options inet6", or "500 Can't
connect to localhost:8118 (connect: Połączenie odrzucone)" (it is using IPv4
addres, where no service is running) without "options inet6".  Other programs
works (wget,curl,opera,epiphany-browser,reportbug). Sorry for lack of new lines
(bug in reportbug).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-rc2-sredniczarny-00184-g01e7770 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to pl_PL.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libwww-perl depends on:
ii  libhtml-parser-perl           3.64-1     collection of modules that parse H
ii  libhtml-tagset-perl           3.20-2     Data tables pertaining to HTML
ii  libhtml-tree-perl             3.23-2     Perl module to represent and creat
ii  liburi-perl                   1.53-1     module to manipulate and access UR
ii  netbase                       4.40       Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  perl                          5.10.1-11  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

Versions of packages libwww-perl recommends:
ii  libhtml-format-perl           2.04-2     format HTML syntax trees into text
ii  libmailtools-perl             2.06-1     Manipulate email in perl programs
ii  perl [libio-compress-perl]    5.10.1-11  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

Versions of packages libwww-perl suggests:
ii  libcrypt-ssleay-perl          0.57-2     Support for https protocol in LWP
ii  libio-socket-ssl-perl         1.33-1     Perl module implementing object or

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