[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks
Axel Beckert
abe at debian.org
Mon Feb 6 23:39:23 UTC 2017
Control: retitle -1 wicd: Does not work on IPv6-only networks
Control: forcemerge 854176 -1
Hi Steve,
Steve McIntyre wrote:
> I found this over the weekend at FOSDEM.
You're not the only one: https://bugs.debian.org/854176 :-)
Merging these two bug reports.
> I've dug into this, and I can see why. If DHCP doesn't return a v4
> lease on a connection attempt (dhcp_failed), it aborts the
> connection.
Same question to you as to the other reporter: Have you tried to
configure a static IPv4 dummy address as workaround? (Just out of
curiosity if that's a workaround which could be recommended until
the issue is fixed properly.)
> I've started to hack on this a little bit over the weekend to see if
> there's an easy fix (if no v4 lease acquired, check to see if a
> global v6 address has been assigned),
Much appreciated!
> but I ran out of time to test this properly.
Understandable. FOSDEM is always too short and there's too much to
see. :-)
Regards, Axel
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