On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:28:43 GMT, Alan Bateman <al...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> with IP "0.0.0.0"
>>
>> - it either does nothing and ping fails, or, in some virtual environments
>> is treated as the default route address.
>> - IPv6 support for ::1 is available since 1977; however, ::0 is not accepted
>> as a vaild psuedo IPv6 address. '::1' must be used instead.
>>
>> ping: bind: The socket name is not available on this system.
>> ping: bind: The socket name is not available on this system.
>> PING ::1: (::1): 56 data bytes
>> 64 bytes from ::1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.037 ms
>> 64 bytes from ::1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.045 ms
>>
>> --- ::1 ping statistics ---
>> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
>> round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 ms
>> PING ::1: (::1): 56 data bytes
>> 64 bytes from ::1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.052 ms
>> 64 bytes from ::1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.047 ms
>>
>> --- ::1 ping statistics ---
>> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
>>
>>
>> A long commit message.
>>
>> This came to light because some systems failed with IPv4 (those that passed
>> replaced 0.0.0.0 with the default router. but most just fail - not
>> substituting
>> 0.0.0.0 with 127.0.0.1. However, InetAddress.getByName("") returns 127.0.0.1
>> which compares well with other platform's behavior.
>
> test/jdk/java/net/Inet4Address/PingThis.java line 62:
>
>> 60: else {
>> 61: addrs.add("0.0.0.0");
>> 62: }
>
> This conflicts with the purpose of the test. Maybe this test needs to be
> skipped on AIX?
Or is it possible to change the implementation on AIX so the test passes
without change?
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7013
