FS#25769 - [glibc] Please don't overwrite /etc/gai.conf

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andrej Podzimek (andrej) - Friday, 26 August 2011, 11:59 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 01 September 2011, 06:55 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

... at least not without a warning and a proper backup. I tweak gai.conf on all my machines to strictly prefer IPv6 even on 6to4 connections (with the hope that the more IPv6 traffic there is, the sooner IPv4 will die). My gai.conf settings get lost silently on each glibc update.
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Thursday, 01 September 2011, 06:55 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 01 September 2011, 06:55 GMT
Committed to SVN truck so file will not be overridden with the next glibc update.

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