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

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 2:06 PM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

That would be a bad idea. Asking people without knowledge of the
problem domain is just plain stupid. It is a recipe for disaster.

The people with the knowledge of the problem domain should perform the work.

> 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.

Sorry, but I have no idea what the policies say.

Leaving IPv6 broken in 2018 or 2020 means there's a broken policy in
place, if that's the case. We (in the US) have been experiencing a lot
of broken policies lately. Like the ones that allow police to murder
black people at will without any accountability.

Broken policies carry no weight with me.

Jeff