FS#34127 - mtr crashes on host with single ipv4 stack

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by kurych (kurych) - Sunday, 03 March 2013, 11:03 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Wednesday, 06 March 2013, 09:03 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
mtr crashes on host with single ipv4 stack. IPv6 turned off by kernel boot params ipv6.disable=1. This happens even if you explicitly specify option "-4". Program crashes with message:
"Unable to allocate IPv6 socket for nameserver communication: Address family not supported by protocol"

Additional info:
* package version(s)
extra/mtr 0.83-1

* config and/or log files etc.
Unable to allocate IPv6 socket for nameserver communication: Address family not supported by protocol

Steps to reproduce:
mtr <any ip address>
on host without ipv6 tcp/ip stack.
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Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Wednesday, 06 March 2013, 09:03 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  If it's not so important, then...
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Sunday, 03 March 2013, 11:43 GMT
please report this uptream.
Comment by _kronak (weox.os) - Tuesday, 05 March 2013, 18:59 GMT
i approve . exactly same bug for me .
mtr dosnt work when disable ipv6 whole stack !! even with "4" arg .
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 05 March 2013, 19:16 GMT Comment by kurych (kurych) - Wednesday, 06 March 2013, 09:01 GMT
I only provided information about the bug. The "mtr" is not so important to me that I would like have account for https://launchpad.net/. Sorry.

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