You may not be aware of 'family inet4 inet6' default in resolv.conf that was specifically changed to that for OpenBSD.
The reasoning given is .. IPv6 is a 2nd class netizen in terms of reliability and user experience. If you disagree, consider making the world more robust where IPv6 is concerned, or perhaps just edit /etc/resolv.conf. Thanks, Penned by Simon Perreault on 20140428 17:05.36, we have: | Tech, | | Now that my AI_ADDRCONFIG diff is in, it's time to reveal my evil master plan: | make getaddrinfo() return IPv6 results first by default. | | The diff below would be the end goal. I guess people will have valid objections | to it. I'd like to know what they are. | | Would it be necessary/desirable to check all calls to getaddrinfo() in base and | add AI_ADDRCONFIG to hints.ai_flags where needed? (i.e. pretty much everywhere | except special cases which right now I can't think of any) | | Thanks, | Simon | | | Index: lib/libc/asr/asr.c | =================================================================== | RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/asr/asr.c,v | retrieving revision 1.33 | diff -u -p -r1.33 asr.c | --- lib/libc/asr/asr.c 26 Mar 2014 18:13:15 -0000 1.33 | +++ lib/libc/asr/asr.c 28 Apr 2014 21:43:52 -0000 | @@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ asr_ctx_create(void) | ac->ac_options = RES_RECURSE | RES_DEFNAMES | RES_DNSRCH; | ac->ac_refcount = 1; | ac->ac_ndots = 1; | - ac->ac_family[0] = AF_INET; | - ac->ac_family[1] = AF_INET6; | + ac->ac_family[0] = AF_INET6; | + ac->ac_family[1] = AF_INET; | ac->ac_family[2] = -1; | | ac->ac_hostfile = DEFAULT_HOSTFILE; | Index: share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5 | =================================================================== | RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5,v | retrieving revision 1.44 | diff -u -p -r1.44 resolv.conf.5 | --- share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5 14 Jul 2013 19:44:39 -0000 1.44 | +++ share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5 28 Apr 2014 21:43:52 -0000 | @@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ For example: | .It Cm family | Specify which type of Internet protocol family to prefer, | if a host is reachable using different address families. | -By default IPv4 addresses are queried first, | -and then IPv6 addresses. | +By default IPv6 addresses are queried first, | +and then IPv4 addresses. | The syntax is: | .Bd -ragged -offset indent | .Cm family Ar family Op Ar family -- Todd T. Fries . http://todd.fries.net/pgp.txt . @unix2mars . github:toddfries
