Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 2004] Wireshark doesn't understand IPv6 addrs in /etc/reso
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2004
------- Comment #3 from stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx 2007-11-21 20:57 GMT -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> I don't agree with the severity of the bug: It's a warning, nothing else. As
> long as there is also a ipv4 nameserver in resolv.conf thing still work as
> expected. So this is a cosmetic problem except on ipv6 only systems.
.. which would be a "major loss of [Wireshark] function" as Bugzilla puts it on
IPv6 only machines.
> I don't think that anything should be done in Wireshark, but if you feel like
> it then provide a patch to adns - either implementing ipv6 support or at least
> parsting the ipv6 statement and supressing that specific warning.
> In case the maintainer doesn't incorporate the patch then distributions should
> include it in their packages.
I've contacted the adns maintainer to ask about the status of IPv6 support in a
future release and if they would accept a patch to add IPv6 support.
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