[Bug 1740114] Re: apt-get update hangs forever trying to fetch data via a non-working IPv6 connection
T-artem
1740114 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Dec 26 20:33:47 UTC 2017
The tone of my message is quite pertinent considering the severity of
this issue and the its age. It's not like a random wish or a random bug
hardly anyone can face. It's a question of lost productivity.
** Summary changed:
- apt-get update hangs forever trying to fetch data via a non-working IPv6 connection
+ apt's IPv4 fallback in case of a malfunctioning IPv6 connection works horribly
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Title:
apt's IPv4 fallback in case of a malfunctioning IPv6 connection works
horribly
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
I kindly request that Ubuntu developers stop drinking so much Kool-Aid
and realize not everyone in this world has a working IPv6 connection
and an IPv4 fallback must be used in case an IPv6 request takes too
much time:
# time apt-get update
Hit:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
0% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1560:8001::11)]^C
real 6m10.351s
user 0m0.056s
sys 0m0.020s
What the fuck??? My server doesn't have a working IPv6 connection. The
apt-get update command apparently never completes. Could there be a
sane timeout before apt switches to IPv4?
Why the Internet is full of requests how to disable IPv6 support in
apt when it takes a few seconds to fix this problem in the first
place?
Why the fuck there are such crucial bugs in the first place? Could you
for fuck's sake make your software usable and bugs-free before trying
to add a ton of barely working new shiny features?
Of course, there's this nice thread
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9940/convince-apt-get-not-to-
use-ipv6-method
which fixes this issue, but why the fuck am I supposed to start
googling from the get go after installing a brand new release of
Ubuntu
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
Also why the fuck are you sending a password reset URL which uses
plain HTTP? Are you fucking insane?
What the fuck is this shit?
http://login.launchpad.net/token/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/+resetpassword/example@example.com
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
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