Package: iputils-ping
Version: 3:20121221-4ubuntu1.1
Severity: important
File: /bin/ping6
Tags: ipv6
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Lets say we have a host called foo on the local network that is correctly
configured to work with avahi and ipv6
ip addr show eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether ****************
inet 192.168.1.5/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::216:3eff:fe80:c25b/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
running
ping foo.local
works just fine and shows the IP address pinged as 192.168.1.5
running
ping6 -I eth0 fe80::216:3eff:fe80:c25b
works just fine and shows the IP address pinged as fe80::216:3eff:fe80:c25b
running
avahi-resolve-host-name foo.local
returns
foo.local fe80::216:3eff:fe80:c25b
However
ping6 -I eth0 foo.local
Fails with error
unknown host
It should have pinged fe80::216:3eff:fe80:c25b
It appears that for an avahi .local address ping6 only resolves the ipv4
address, the same as ping does.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers trusty-updates
APT policy: (500, 'trusty-updates'), (500, 'trusty-security'), (500, 'trusty')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages iputils-ping depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.6
ii libcap2 1:2.24-0ubuntu2
ii libgnutls-openssl27 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2
Versions of packages iputils-ping recommends:
ii libcap2-bin 1:2.24-0ubuntu2
iputils-ping suggests no packages.
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