Re: wget prefers IPv4 address over IPv6 one
Dnia 12/17/2007 12:55 AM, Użytkownik John Summerfield napisał:
Whether it works for you is irrelevant, wget has to work everywhere,
including networks that aren't configured for IP6.
Sure, making wget broken on IPv4-only host is out of a question :)
Before I wrote my first mail I've tested `prefer-family = IPv6' option
on such a system (only link-local address on the network interface):
[y4kk0@X tmp]$ LANG=C wget
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/SHA1SUM
--18:25:22--
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/SHA1SUM
Resolving ftp.heanet.ie... 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140, 193.1.193.64
Connecting to ftp.heanet.ie|2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140|:80... failed:
Network is unreachable.
Connecting to ftp.heanet.ie|193.1.193.64|:80... connected.
Regards,
Dawid
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