Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2018-01-02 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:12:16PM +0200, Ludens wrote: > On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 23:28:57 +0200 Julian Andres Klode > wrote: > > JFTR: I wrote an implementation of parts of happy eyeballs for another > > bug we should probably merge in here, but it fails the test suite on > > CI:

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2017-10-10 Thread Ludens
On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 23:28:57 +0200 Julian Andres Klode wrote: > JFTR: I wrote an implementation of parts of happy eyeballs for another > bug we should probably merge in here, but it fails the test suite on > CI: https://github.com/julian-klode/apt/commits/bugfix/happy-eyeballs > >

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2017-10-07 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 01:12:48PM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > Control: severity -1 wishlist > Control: tags -1 newcomer > Control: retitle -1 apt: implement "Happy Eyeballs" for methods and IPv4/6 > Control: forcemerge -1 845041 > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:23:25AM +, Tim Small

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2017-10-07 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Control: forcemerge -1 668948 On Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 11:28:57PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 01:12:48PM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > > Control: severity -1 wishlist > > Control: tags -1 newcomer > > Control: retitle -1 apt: implement "Happy Eyeballs" for

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2016-11-29 Thread Harald Dunkel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/20/16 13:12, David Kalnischkies wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:23:25AM +, Tim Small wrote: >> There are already system-wide mechanisms to change the default stack which >> is used (/etc/gai.conf), and apt has: >> >> -o

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2016-11-20 Thread David Kalnischkies
Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: tags -1 newcomer Control: retitle -1 apt: implement "Happy Eyeballs" for methods and IPv4/6 Control: forcemerge -1 845041 On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:23:25AM +, Tim Small wrote: > There are already system-wide mechanisms to change the default stack >

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2016-11-20 Thread Tim Small
Package: apt Followup-For: Bug #636871 There are already system-wide mechanisms to change the default stack which is used (/etc/gai.conf), and apt has: -o Acquire::ForceIPv4 and -o Acquire::ForceIPv6 (see "man apt.conf" and #611891). What might be better (and would be a useful addition)

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2016-11-19 Thread Harald Dunkel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 metoo Sometimes a repository is unreachable via IPv6, even though it got an record. Thanx in advance Harri -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEH2V614LbR/u1O+a1Cp4qnmbTgcsFAlgxTIAACgkQCp4qnmbT

Bug#636871: provide a command-line switch to prefer IPv6 or IPv4

2011-08-06 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.1 Severity: wishlist Hello, It'd be good if apt-get could have -6 and -4 options, just like wget, and/or appropriate apt.conf entries. Sometimes, network performance over IPv4 and IPv6 differ significantly, so temporarily preferring one or another is important to