Said patch has been included in Ubuntu for several years now. Besides, it's only an issue when oidentd is configured to listen to a specific address, as otherwise it will bind to the wildcard addresses of all available address families.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #533604 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533604 ** Also affects: oidentd (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533604 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: oidentd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538571 Title: Doesn't bind to IPv6 addresses by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oidentd/+bug/538571/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs