Bug#667737: libnet-server-perl: no IPv4 server when binding to localhost

[intrigeri]

tags 667737 + fixed-upstream
thanks

Hi,

intrigeri wrote (05 Jun 2012 11:06:12 GMT) :
> It looks like upstream Net-Server 2.x supports IPv6 somehow, so we
> might be able to drop our Debian specific patch, which in turn might
> fix this bug. I'll test this sometime in June.

With Net-Server 2.002 and Niko's test case:

  - the process binds to 127.0.0.1:1600
  - "telnet 127.0.0.1 1600" succeeds
  - "telnet localhost 1600" tries ::1, then 127.0.0.1 and succeeds

In short, those who want to listen of IPv6 have to ask for it
explicitly. This may bring its own share of problems, but as far as
the current bug (#667737) is concerned, things definitely look better
upstream 2.002 than with our own 0.99-4.

I'll send an email on debian-perl ML soon about other questions raised
by the Net-Server 2.002 update. Stay tuned!