Re: Anybody Using IPv6?

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Subject	Re: Anybody Using IPv6?
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On 2025-05-22 01:10, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2025-05-21 16:52, Marc Haber wrote:
>>> "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2025-05-21 13:16, Marc Haber wrote:
>>>>> I think that the local resolver should? also refrain from asking for
>>>>> AAAA records if the local system doesn't have IPv6, but I don't know
>>>>> whether this special-case handling is implemented at all. And I'm too
>>>>> lazy to look that up.
>>>>>
>>>>> But all this needs to be taken into account before someone can comment
>>>>> about speed of one IP protocol compared to the other on a level that
>>>>> is beyond passing myths.
>>>>
>>>> It just is a perceived fact. On some machines, if an application gets
>>>> back from the system a list of addresses to try, and tries IPv6 first
>>>> when there is no actual IPv6 internet connectivity, there is a small
>>>> delay waiting for the request to fail, and then try the next address in
>>>> the list.
>>>
>>> pcap/strace or it didn't happen.
>>
>> Asking for a trace _now_ is ridiculous. It certainly did happen, and to
>> to several people. Years ago.
> 
> Looks like it was only last year when I encountered package list
> downloads failing in Aptitude on an IPv4-only VPS due to it trying
> to connect on IPv6.

Now that you say it, there were several people on openSUSE complaining 
of a similar problem with updates. So zypper and YaST. Years ago, not 
recently.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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            Re: Linux advocacy (was: Re: Anybody Using IPv6?) vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-19 19:26 +0000
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                Re: Linux advocacy "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-20 11:46 +0200
                Re: Linux advocacy Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 12:20 +0200
                Re: Linux advocacy The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 10:38 +0100
                Re: Linux advocacy Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 12:21 +0200
                Re: Linux advocacy The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 11:33 +0100
                Re: Linux advocacy Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 17:48 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-20 13:04 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 17:49 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 17:02 +0100
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-20 18:34 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 19:43 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-20 19:52 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 23:14 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 03:46 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 08:05 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 09:13 +0100
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 10:42 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 13:16 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 14:00 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-21 14:30 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 14:45 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 16:53 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 18:30 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-21 17:16 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 18:31 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 16:52 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 16:47 +0100
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 21:14 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 19:16 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-22 09:10 +1000
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-22 09:27 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-22 18:16 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-22 20:51 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 17:35 +0100
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 21:18 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 21:10 +0100
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 19:22 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 21:21 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-21 03:16 +0000
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 08:07 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-21 12:45 +0000
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 17:19 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 10:39 +0200
          Re: Linux advocacy "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-18 11:07 +0200
            Re: Linux advocacy Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-19 08:14 +0200
              Re: Linux advocacy "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-19 12:27 +0200
                Re: Linux advocacy Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-19 14:54 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-19 15:37 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-19 16:36 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-19 17:31 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-19 17:58 +0100
        Re: Linux advocacy Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-18 09:46 +0100
          Re: Linux advocacy Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-18 09:49 +0100
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-17 20:50 +0200
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 11:52 -0700
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov> - 2025-05-18 03:26 -0400
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-05-20 00:17 -0400
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 10:35 +0100
          Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 12:14 +0200
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 11:35 +0100
              Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 17:45 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 17:00 +0100
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-20 11:55 +0200
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 09:59 +0200
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 09:21 +0100
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 10:37 +0100
          Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 12:15 +0200
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 11:33 +0100
              Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-20 17:47 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 17:01 +0100
          Re: Anybody Using IPv6? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-05-20 23:42 -0400
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 08:03 +0200
              Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-05-21 08:21 -0700
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-21 21:13 +0200
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 23:09 +0100
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-22 09:25 +0200
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 10:47 +0200
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-18 09:59 +0200
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-18 11:12 +0200
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-18 20:18 +0000
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-19 08:11 +0200
          Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-19 07:11 +0000
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-19 09:33 +0200
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-19 08:09 +0200

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