[Bug 1687482] Re: -4 flag doesn't work

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Without a sophisticated ipv6 setup I tried the most trivial.

# ssh ip6-localhost
The authenticity of host 'ip6-localhost (::1)' can't be established.
[...]
root at zesty-test:~# ssh -4 ip6-localhost
The authenticity of host 'ip6-localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established.

As you can see the -4 successfully avoided to use the ipv6 address.

What version/release are you running on, any details on your setup that might help to understand?
If you could use apport-collect that would add not all (not your setup details), but most other info needed.

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  -4 flag doesn't work

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Whenever I use the -4 flag on ssh, it still uses the ipv6 address from
  dns instead of forcing ipv4 like it says it is supposed to do in the
  man page.

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