[Bug 942955] [NEW] upstart-socket-bridge doesn't support ipv6 sockets

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

Playing with upstart-socket-bridge to see if it's a solution for
avoiding polling in the Ubuntu cups post-start (bug #855010), I find
that the socket bridge only supports inet and unix sockets - it does not
support inet6 sockets.  As a result, it's impossible to use socket
initialization for an ipv6 service... which nowadays should be
approximately all services.

If we want socket initialization to be a viable option for services,
ipv6 support is a must.

** Affects: upstart
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Triaged

** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Also affects: upstart
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  upstart-socket-bridge doesn't support ipv6 sockets

Status in Upstart:
  New
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Playing with upstart-socket-bridge to see if it's a solution for
  avoiding polling in the Ubuntu cups post-start (bug #855010), I find
  that the socket bridge only supports inet and unix sockets - it does
  not support inet6 sockets.  As a result, it's impossible to use socket
  initialization for an ipv6 service... which nowadays should be
  approximately all services.

  If we want socket initialization to be a viable option for services,
  ipv6 support is a must.

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