Subject: Re: pkg_add tries to connect to ipv6
To: Rick McCombs <rick.mccombs@gmail.com>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 11/09/2007 06:18:50
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 06:51:58PM -0600, Rick McCombs wrote:
> I just installed NetBSD 3.1 and when I try to use
> pkg_add it tries to connect to an ipv6 address ...

What hostname are you using? If you are using "ftp.NetBSD.org"
you can use the hostname "ftp4.NetBSD.org" instead.

> ... and dies.

You should get a message like "no route to host" and it should fallback
to IPv4 afterwards.

Please provide more information e.g. the exact "pkg_add" command that
you tried to use.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/