squid-deb-proxy problem on Raring, IPv6 I think.

[Tom H]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a problem with squid-deb-proxy on Raring which I think may be
> an IPv6 related issue.  I hope someone can tell me whether it is a bug
> or a configuration issue.  In fact even if it is configuration it is
> likely also a bug as I am seeing it on a virgin install.
>
> With squid-deb-proxy and squid-deb-proxy-client on the same machine,
> running Raring, when I run apt-get update I see error messages for
> every connection, for example
>
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages
>  Cannot initiate the connection to fe80::290:f5ff:fece:342f:8000
> (fe80::290:f5ff:fece:342f). - connect (22: Invalid argument)
>
> I think it is actually the client that is the issue as when I run
> squid-deb-proxy-client on another box, running 12.04, but using the
> proxy on Raring, then all is well.

"fe80..." is the ipv6 equivalent of "169.254...".

WAG: If you have avahi (and avahi-utils) installed, check whether it's
the culprit with "avahi-browse -akrt".