If you're looking for a mirror to install/update ftp.cc.uoc.gr runs on both IPv4/IPv6 and is listed in official mirrors.
http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/OpenBSD/ G On 23/10/2023 08:58, Armin Jenewein wrote: > No idea what you perceive here as a "rant", my apologies if that seemed > like one to you, that's not my intention. > > FWIW both ftplist1.openbsd.org and ftplist2.openbsd.org have no AAAA > entry, either. > > I don't see what I need to prove here. That's 3 hosts already that don't > have an AAAA DNS record, so if you're on an IPv6-only link, you can't > access these. I didn't check ALL the mirrors that the installer has in > the list, but the one popping up in my list as ftp.spline.de doesn't > have one, either, so that's just number four. > > With prices for IPv4 addresses are starting to increase, it surprises me > that this is still such a heated topic. Nobody asks about removing > IPv4-connectivity here. Nobody wants to break functionaly for v4-only > users. > > I did try installing OpenBSD in v6-only networks, yes. On an IPv6-only > host it doesn't even suggest a mirror to download from. > > My initial mail was about this one here, nevertheless: > > $ ping6 openbsd.org > ping6: no address associated with name > $ > > The fact that all the other hosts I mentioned are v4-only doesn't change > that situation in any way. > > ~ Armin > > > > > On 23-10-22 19:29:28, Philip Guenther wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 6:53 PM Armin Jenewein <liz...@nuke.m2m.pm> wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> On 23-10-22 15:47:45, Kastus Shchuka wrote: >>>> On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:29:08PM +0200, Armin Jenewein wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> as I'm almost 100% sure adding IPv6 connectivity to the openbsd.org >>>>> host >>>>> wouldn't introduce side-effects for IPv4 users: is there any reason >>>>> openbsd.org still has no AAAA entry at the end of 2023? >>>> Why do you need it? >>> Because it's extremely inconvenient to have manually type in the name of >>> a mirror that I know has an AAAA entry. The installer won't even be able >>> to download the mirror list because of the reason I mentioned. It tries >>> to talk to openbsd.org which obviously fails. >> >> See, this is why being clear about What Fine Problem You're Trying To Solve >> is important: AFAICT the installer tries to fetch the mirror list from >> ftplist1.openbsd.org and not from openbsd.org. >> >> Can you confirm that your _actual_ request is to have the installer be able >> to get the mirror list when on an IPv6-only host? >> >> (Please don't rant at people who try to help, particularly when doing >> exactly what you requested would NOT HAVE HELPED, unless you *want* people >> to drop you in their kill-file as "not worth trying to help".) >> >> >> Philip Guenther
