Re: ping acting strangely on 13.3

From: Andrea Venturoli <ml_at_netfence.it>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 09:37:46 UTC
On 3/9/24 04:17, Paul Procacci wrote:

> This is less likely a change to `ping` and more likely a change to the 
> resolver.
>  From ping(8):
> 
> "When invoked with a hostname, the version to which the target is resolved
>       first is used."

I tried following ping with gdb, but I guess I'll need to recompile it 
without optimizations and I'm out of time now.



> If you haven't already, set ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="NO"

Tried setting this and rebooted, but nothing chanegd.
Does it make sense without INET6 in the kernel?



> it makes sense 
> that if there's no transport for ipv6 available, it shouldn't provide 
> you with an answer that requires ipv6.

I opened bug 277592.


  bye & Thanks
	av.