Feature changed by: Satoru Matsumoto (HeliosReds)
Feature #312491, revision 2
Title: Explicit IPv6 support for YaST printer module
openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
Currently there is not any kind of special IPv6 support in yast2-
printer. Currently IPv6 works only where it is compatible to IPv4 but
there are cases where IPv6 needs special handling: For example the
- tests whether or not a remote host is accessible run "ping " which fails if IP-address is an IPv6 address because for
- IPv6 ping6 must be used. See
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697833 Unfortunately ping6
- cannot be used for IPv4 addresses so that yast2-printer needs to
- implement special distinction of cases in particular if a hostname is
- given depending on whether or not this hostname has an IPv4 or IPv6
- address or both.
+ tests whether or not a remote host is accessible run "ping IP-address
+ or hostname" which fails if IP-address is an IPv6 address because for
+ IPv6 ping6 must be used. See bnc#697833
+ Unfortunately ping6 cannot be used for IPv4 addresses so that yast2-
+ printer needs to implement special distinction of cases in particular
+ if a hostname is given depending on whether or not this hostname has an
+ IPv4 or IPv6 address or both.
Probably there are some more special distinction of cases needed to
distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6 stuff.
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openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/312491