Ubuntu 18.04 and "Bad arg length for Socket::inet_ntoa" when using IPv6

[Robie Basak]

Hi Jeff,

On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 01:27:58PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:13 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Would someone have a look at
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhttp-daemon-perl/+bug/1904907
> > when time is available.
> >
> > The issue causes self tests failures in a lot of packages, including
> > Wget and Wget2. When 'make check' fails it munges up the install
> > process. We don't have authority to install a package that fails its
> > self tests.
> 
> Wget 1.21 was released on DEC 31, 2020. It is still failing its self tests.
> 
> Is there any hope of getting Perl fixed before Ubuntu 18 goes end-of-life?

I'm sorry you're having problems. If I may, I'd like to adjust your
expectations.

Since this doesn't look like this has a real impact on any Ubuntu users
not bound by their own policies, I don't expect that anyone will
prioritise it, so it is unlikely to get fixed. If my understanding here
is wrong, maybe you could clarify?

If you'd like to contribute a fix yourself, then we'd welcome that
regardless. We can help guide you, but we'd expect volunteers to provide
all the necessary legwork.

A fix to a stable release is subject to our policies documented at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates (and the reasoning for our
requirements are documented there too). It's not clear to me from your
bug report if the change you want would qualify under our policy. If you
are prepared to do the legwork, I'd start by considering our policy to
save effort if it does turn out that your proposed change would not
qualify.

Hope that helps,

Robie
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