ipv6 tools + ipv4 tools fusion.

Petr Sabata psabata at redhat.com
Fri Apr 29 06:14:43 UTC 2011


On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 06:57:53AM -0700, Wes Hardaker wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:59:09 +0200, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> said:
> 
> RH> Am 28.04.2011 01:17, schrieb Itamar Reis Peixoto:
> >> why ipv6 and ipv4 have different name for the tools ?
> ...
> RH> because the same hostname can have A and AAA records
> 
> That argument makes sense up until the point that you realize there are
> a fair number of hosts out there with multiple A records too, and ping
> has to randomly choose between them.
> 
> I'm all for a single unified set of commands (-4, -6).  The real
> question, is what should the default be?  And if 4 now, when do you
> switch later?  [thus, I think -both now with v6 first if a AAAA is
> available otherwise v4 is probably the right answer]
> -- 
> Wes Hardaker                                     
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Why don't we let the getaddrinfo() decide in this case as well? It's already
used in other applications so why not here?

I'm in favor of the usual -4/-6 options.

-- 
Petr 'contyk' Sabata, Red Hat
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