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

[Colin Law]

On 23 February 2013 22:52, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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".

avahi-utils is installed, there doesn't seem to be a package avahi but
I assume that utils will pull in the appropriate stuff.

user at tigger:~$ avahi-browse -akrt
+   eth0 IPv6 Squid deb proxy on tigger
_apt_proxy._tcp      local
+   eth0 IPv4 Squid deb proxy on tigger
_apt_proxy._tcp      local
+   eth0 IPv6 tigger [00:90:f5:ce:34:2f]
_workstation._tcp    local
+   eth0 IPv4 tigger [00:90:f5:ce:34:2f]
_workstation._tcp    local
+   eth0 IPv6 tigger
_udisks-ssh._tcp     local
+   eth0 IPv4 tigger
_udisks-ssh._tcp     local
=   eth0 IPv6 tigger [00:90:f5:ce:34:2f]
_workstation._tcp    local
   hostname = [tigger.local]
   address = [fe80::290:f5ff:fece:342f]
   port = [9]
   txt = []
=   eth0 IPv6 Squid deb proxy on tigger
_apt_proxy._tcp      local
   hostname = [tigger.local]
   address = [fe80::290:f5ff:fece:342f]
   port = [8000]
   txt = []
=   eth0 IPv6 tigger
_udisks-ssh._tcp     local
   hostname = [tigger.local]
   address = [fe80::290:f5ff:fece:342f]
   port = [22]
   txt = []
=   eth0 IPv4 Squid deb proxy on tigger
_apt_proxy._tcp      local
   hostname = [tigger.local]
   address = [192.168.1.92]
   port = [8000]
   txt = []
=   eth0 IPv4 tigger
_udisks-ssh._tcp     local
   hostname = [tigger.local]
   address = [192.168.1.92]
   port = [22]
   txt = []
=   eth0 IPv4 tigger [00:90:f5:ce:34:2f]
_workstation._tcp    local
   hostname = [tigger.local]
   address = [192.168.1.92]
   port = [9]
   txt = []
+   eth0 IPv4 owl [f0:ad:4e:00:41:33]
_workstation._tcp    local
=   eth0 IPv4 owl [f0:ad:4e:00:41:33]
_workstation._tcp    local
   hostname = [owl.local]
   address = [192.168.1.96]
   port = [9]
   txt = []
+   eth0 IPv4 roo [00:1d:92:71:e2:0c]
_workstation._tcp    local
+   eth0 IPv4 roo
_udisks-ssh._tcp     local
=   eth0 IPv4 roo [00:1d:92:71:e2:0c]
_workstation._tcp    local
   hostname = [roo.local]
   address = [192.168.1.98]
   port = [9]
   txt = []
=   eth0 IPv4 roo
_udisks-ssh._tcp     local
   hostname = [roo.local]
   address = [192.168.1.98]
   port = [22]
   txt = []
+   eth0 IPv4 joggler [00:00:00:00:00:00]
_workstation._tcp    local
=   eth0 IPv4 joggler [00:00:00:00:00:00]
_workstation._tcp    local
   hostname = [joggler.local]
   address = [fe80::20e:8eff:fe22:9be3]
   port = [9]
   txt = []

Is that as it should be?  The local machine is tigger obviously.

Colin