Subject: misc/10249: /etc/daily thinks appletalk is ipv6
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <jbernard@mines.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/01/2000 06:02:09
>Number: 10249
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: /etc/daily thinks appletalk is ipv6
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 01 06:03:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jim Bernard
>Release: May 29, 2000
>Organization:
Speaking for myself
>Environment:
System: NetBSD zoo 1.4Y NetBSD 1.4Y (ZOO-$Revision: 1.52 $) #0: Fri May 26 14:58:14 MDT 2000 jim@zoo:/home/tmp/compile/sys/arch/i386/compile/ZOO i386
>Description:
/etc/daily distinguishes between ipv4 and ipv6 by the presence of
a ":" in the third field of "netstat -in" output. However, appletalk
networks are listed with the prefix "atalk:", so /etc/daily thinks
these are ipv6, even though there's no ipv6 anywhere on the local
network. For example:
IPv6 network:
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Colls
de0 1500 atalk:1-65534 65280.249 266 0 187 0 0
lo0 32972 atalk:0 0.0 370 0 370 0 0
>How-To-Repeat:
Run appletalk; read output of /etc/daily; wonder why there's anything
listed under ipv6 network.
>Fix:
Not sure. It would be straightforward to simply move lines with
"atalk:" to the ipv4 output section, but can appletalk ever run
over ipv6? If so, would netatalk support it, and how would the
output of netstat differ in the two cases?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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