> 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.
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8280498: skip test because: AIX does not respond internally to 0.0.0.0; ::0
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