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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2013-03-22 21:46:53 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2013-03-22 21:46:53 +0100
commit45d02095cbd425c741b69810f91bc2282bf9230b (patch)
treec0f2c36f77d03c401d2c5daf3194ecfc3e4e0f03
parentccd01d7e09ff595233d4ed6dff1a1c73bd2b5193 (diff)
add new config options "Acquire::ForceIPv4" and
"Acquire::ForceIPv6" to allow focing one or the other (closes: #611891)
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog5
-rw-r--r--methods/connect.cc8
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a4a0b4c6d..4c830afe9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ apt (0.9.7.8~exp3) UNRELEASEDexperimental; urgency=low
* methods/connect.cc:
- provide useful error message in case of EAI_SYSTEM
(closes: #703603)
+
+ [ Michael Vogt ]
+ * add new config options "Acquire::ForceIPv4" and
+ "Acquire::ForceIPv6" to allow focing one or the other
+ (closes: #611891)
-- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:46:23 +0100
diff --git a/methods/connect.cc b/methods/connect.cc
index 3573d3cbf..35f4723ce 100644
--- a/methods/connect.cc
+++ b/methods/connect.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
#include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
#include <apt-pkg/acquire-method.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/configuration.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
@@ -167,6 +168,13 @@ bool Connect(std::string Host,int Port,const char *Service,int DefPort,int &Fd,
Hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
Hints.ai_protocol = 0;
+ if(_config->FindB("Acquire::ForceIPv4", false) == true)
+ Hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+ else if(_config->FindB("Acquire::ForceIPv6", false) == true)
+ Hints.ai_family = AF_INET6;
+ else
+ Hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+
// if we couldn't resolve the host before, we don't try now
if(bad_addr.find(Host) != bad_addr.end())
return _error->Error(_("Could not resolve '%s'"),Host.c_str());