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

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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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:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             05-03-2006 15:18 PDT
Last Modified:              06-27-2006 16:20 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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 landley - 06-27-06 16:20  
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Did you miss the part about BusyBox being small?  If you say "use the ipv6
api" then we do so.  If you select ipv6 support, we assume you have ipv6
support. 

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         
06-27-06 16:20  landley        Status                   assigned => closed  
06-27-06 16:20  landley        Note Added: 0001467                          
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