wget prefers IPv4 address over IPv6 one

[John Summerfield]

Dawid Gajownik wrote:
> Dnia 12/17/2007 12:55 AM, UÅŒytkownik John Summerfield napisaÅ?:
>> 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 at 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.

and other ftp clients?


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