[BusyBox 0000863]: telnetd _requires_ kernel ipv6 support if busybox has CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6 enabled

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=863 
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Reported By:                laforge
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   863
Category:                   Networking Support
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             05-03-2006 15:18 PDT
Last Modified:              05-03-2006 15:18 PDT
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Summary:                    telnetd _requires_ kernel ipv6 support if busybox
has CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6 enabled
Description: 
if you compile busybox with CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6, then you probably want to
have busybox optionally use IPV6 (if available/configured in the kernel),
not completely depend on it.

telnetd will silently terminate in the case you have a FEATURE_IPV6
enabled busybox and a kernel that doesn't have IPv6 support present.

The reason is that it only uses AF_INET6 sockets in that case, which is
bogus.  It should actually use AF_UNSPEC and getaddrinfo() to be
completely AF-agnostic and work with whatever is there.
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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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05-03-06 15:18  laforge        New Issue                                    
05-03-06 15:18  laforge        Status                   new => assigned     
05-03-06 15:18  laforge        Assigned To               => BusyBox         
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