[Bug 380663] [NEW] open-iscsi initiator tries to resolve ipv6 address of target and fails

[Márcio Santos]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: open-iscsi

uname -a
    Linux qe-si-0001 2.6.28-12-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 1 19:27:06 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -rd
    Description:	Ubuntu 9.04
    Release:	9.04

apt-cache policy open-iscsi
    open-iscsi:
      Installed: 2.0.870.1-0ubuntu3
      Candidate: 2.0.870.1-0ubuntu3
      Version table:
     *** 2.0.870.1-0ubuntu3 0
            500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Trying to discover targets on remote Sun OpenSolaris 2008.11 fails with
Jaunty

sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -p qe-earth -t sendtargets
    iscsiadm: Cannot resolve host fe80::221:28ff:fe00. getaddrinfo error: [Servname not supported for ai_socktype]
    iscsiadm: cannot resolve fe80::221:28ff:fe00
    iscsiadm: failed to add default portal, ignoring target iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:e3a780d8-4185-4d4c-a3bd-dc1b7a58f231
    iscsiadm: failed to add target record
    10.40.10.67:3260,1 iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:e3a780d8-4185-4d4c-a3bd-dc1b7a58f231

It seems that it tries to resolve an ipv6 address and fails.
IPv6 is disabled on OpenSolaris.
Enabling IPv6 on OpenSolaris doesn't fix the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
 libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: open-iscsi 2.0.870.1-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: open-iscsi
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-12-generic i686

** Affects: open-iscsi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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open-iscsi initiator tries to resolve ipv6 address of target and fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380663
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