j-breyer ***@***.***> writes:

> I found another workaround by setting up non-scoped IPv6 addresses on the 
> hosts (e.g., `a::601` and `a::e02`).
> Then I added them to `/etc/hosts` with a related hostname, e.g., `a::601 
> mn.h1` and `a::e02 mn.h2`
>
> Running now `sudo flent rrul -p all_scaled -6 --local-bind mn.h1 -l 60 -H 
> mn.h2 -o rrul_hosts6.pdf -v` gives Error free output.
>
> However, I noticed a different bug when using this:
> If a host contains an IPv4 as well as an IPv6 address in `/etc/hosts`, flent 
> seems to always prefer the IPv4 entry. This results in the process either 
> failing, because it tries an irtt connection from IPv4 to IPv6 address, or 
> the above test runs the irtt connection completely in IPv4, ignoring the `-6` 
> argument, if both devices can be resolved to an IPv4
>
> Maybe this is content for a separate Issue?

Yes, please open a separate issue. Flent uses the host name resolution
mechanism, so in the absence of -4/-6, it should prefer whatever the
host does. However, a -6 should override this, so if it doesn't that's a
bug...


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