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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003287Doomseeker[All Projects] Bugpublic2017-10-03 18:582018-10-27 22:54
ReporterWubTheCaptain 
Assigned ToZalewa 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
Platformx86_64OSDebian GNU/LinuxOS Versionbuster/sid
Product Version1.1 
Target Version1.2Fixed in Version1.2 
Summary0003287: IRC: IRC network address hostname lookups use IPv4 when IPv6 connectivity is available
DescriptionDoomseeker includes a small IRC client.

Connecting to an IRC network with DNS hostname lookups from IRC network address seems to prefer IPv4 over IPv6, even while IPv6 connectivity was available.
Steps To Reproduce

  1. First, make sure at minimum your network interface has an IPv6-address. An IPv4-address may also be required.

  2. If IRC is not already visible, to view it press Ctrl + I or access it via top crates (View → IRC) or the button (IRC).

  3. On the left side of IRC panel, click the "Connect button".

  4. If needed, add a definition for any known IRC network with IPv6-connectivity.

  5. Attempt to connect to an IRC network.

  6. Notice from the first log lines how you are connecting over IPv4 (by default) while IPv6 was also available. If unsure, issue a WHOIS command to your own name (e.g. "/WHOIS WubTheCaptain", where WubTheCaptain is my username).

Additional InformationBoth the local and remote hosts had dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity in this case. The DNS holds both A and AAAA records.

Directly inputting an IPv6 address to the defined IRC network's address field works for connecting over IPv6.

Using a third-party IRC client such as Irssi, HexChat or WeeChat works as intended and resolves IPv6 first when the host has IPv6-connectivity.

Example IRC networks currently with dual-stack IPv4 & IPv6 connectivity:


  1. irc.zandronum.com

  2. irc.esper.net

  3. irc.yui.cat

  4. irc.rizon.net



Attached ip-addr.txt shows my configured network interfaces (without routes) from iproute2.
Attached Filestxt file icon ip-addr.txt [^] (1,341 bytes) 2017-10-03 18:58 [Show Content]

- Relationships
related to 0003376closedZalewa Domain names look ups get the process stuck when quitting during look up. 
child of 0003531confirmed IPV6 Support for Doomseeker 

-  Notes
User avatar (0019069)
Zalewa (developer)
2018-02-18 13:05

 This was specifically programmed to do so to avoid some "hostname look up problems":'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/920ac7da8535c9abaac88801b004fee098c32282#Lsrc/irc/ircclient.cppT103 [^]'

Since this was 2010 and Qt has underwent new version releases since then, I'll try to see if this is still necessary. Sending the host name directly to socket.connectToHost() will refer the choice to Qt which, I hope, will make the right decision.
User avatar (0019070)
Zalewa (developer)
2018-02-18 13:27
Quote
Sending the host name directly to socket.connectToHost() will refer the choice to Qt which, I hope, will make the right decision.


If you do so with an invalid domain and quit the program before the resolution errors out, you will be stuck with doomseeker process running forever. See this commit for more details:'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/fb1f296bfbcffe767f3c4e6bda16ff9c5f0c6b95 [^]'
User avatar (0019071)
Zalewa (developer)
2018-02-18 18:39
edited on: 2018-02-18 18:45
Quote
If you do so with an invalid domain and quit the program before the resolution errors out, you will be stuck with doomseeker process running forever. See this commit for more details:https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/fb1f296bfbcffe767f3c4e6bda16ff9c5f0c6b95


I figured it out.

Process is getting stuck on domain names lookup because we never "delete QApplication".

See this "minimal" example:'https://bitbucket.org/zalewa/dotfiles/commits/5c2545284971ae6924fd42466041e37d8913336b#Ldev/qt/hostlookup/main.cppT83 [^]'

Work on this will progress in 0003376
User avatar (0019073)
Zalewa (developer)
2018-02-18 19:07

 This commit will directly use the host name to connect the TCP socket:'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/53e0b57c8f839ce0fee7ea2ffe4436f9b56f7b23 [^]'

I cannot promise that this will result in IPv6 being preferred over IPv4, but at least Qt does the decision now, not us.
User avatar (0019826)
WubTheCaptain (reporter)
2018-09-29 15:48

 Fyi, I no longer have IPv6 connectivity to test this with. I would have to replace my router, since I relied (too much) on ipv6calc to setup a 6rd tunnel with my ISP and that doesn't work anymore.

Please test.
User avatar (0019835)
Blzut3 (administrator)
2018-09-30 06:22

 Can confirm that IPv6 is working in the IRC client.

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- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2017-10-03 18:58 WubTheCaptain New Issue
2017-10-03 18:58 WubTheCaptain File Added: ip-addr.txt
2018-02-18 13:05 Zalewa Note Added: 0019069
2018-02-18 13:05 Zalewa Assigned To => Zalewa
2018-02-18 13:05 Zalewa Status new => acknowledged
2018-02-18 13:27 Zalewa Note Added: 0019070
2018-02-18 18:39 Zalewa Note Added: 0019071
2018-02-18 18:44 Zalewa Relationship added related to 0003376
2018-02-18 18:44 Zalewa Status acknowledged => assigned
2018-02-18 18:44 Zalewa Note Edited: 0019071 View Revisions
2018-02-18 18:45 Zalewa Note Edited: 0019071 View Revisions
2018-02-18 19:07 Zalewa Note Added: 0019073
2018-02-18 19:07 Zalewa Status assigned => needs testing
2018-09-29 15:15 WubTheCaptain Target Version => 1.2
2018-09-29 15:48 WubTheCaptain Note Added: 0019826
2018-09-30 06:22 Blzut3 Note Added: 0019835
2018-09-30 06:22 Blzut3 Status needs testing => resolved
2018-09-30 06:22 Blzut3 Fixed in Version => 1.2
2018-09-30 06:22 Blzut3 Resolution open => fixed
2018-10-05 05:50 WubTheCaptain Relationship added parent of 0003531
2018-10-05 05:50 WubTheCaptain Relationship replaced child of 0003531
2018-10-27 22:54 WubTheCaptain Status resolved => closed




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