Package: wget Version: 1.11.2-1 Severity: wishlist
Hello, wget currently prefers IPv4 over IPv6 (see the manpage, command line switch --prefer-family). Though IPv4 might practically solve some issues with broken IPv6 configurations, an IPv4 precedence would artificially delay the IPv6 deployment (i.e. hinder IPv6 traffic to grow even for IPv6 enabled servers). Anyway, IMHO it's not a legal argument to generally blame IPv6 for broken network setups. (would anybody blame iptables for broken NAT?) I suggest to add prefer_family=none to /etc/wgetrc, thus using the order returned by the DNS (tunable via glibc's /etc/gai.conf) If needed, I could write a patch (also changing the manpage entry). Cheerio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
