patch to apache for IPv6 only httpd

Philip M. Gollucci pgollucci at p6m7g8.com
Sun Aug 12 22:27:20 UTC 2012


This needs to be sent back to dev at httpd.apache.org for upstream commit.
 This shouldn't be a permenant local
fbsd patch.

On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Olli Hauer <ohauer at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 2012-08-11 23:22, Curtis Villamizar wrote:
> > FYI-
> >
> > This very simple patch prevents an assert when httpd is run on a
> > server that has no IPv4 address.  An example is a BSD jail running
> > with only an IPv6 address on the interface (no loopback so no
> > 127.0.0.1 address to bind to).
> >
> > Copy the patch below into the files directory as
> > /usr/ports/www/apache22/files/patch-server__config.c
> >
> > The port maintainer is on the Cc.  No bug has been reported.
> >
> > BTW- I noticed this a long time ago.  I don't remember if I reported
> > it or forgot to.  Appologies if this is a duplicate.  It is not in the
> > httpd-2.2.22.tar.bz2 tarball, in the distinfo dated 23 July 2012.
> >
> > Curtis
> >
> >
> > --- ./server/config.c.orig    2010-10-07 09:56:54.000000000 -0700
> > +++ ./server/config.c 2011-09-26 21:20:35.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -1979,6 +1979,9 @@
> >      /* NOT virtual host; don't match any real network interface */
> >      rv = apr_sockaddr_info_get(&s->addrs->host_addr,
> >                                 NULL, APR_INET, 0, 0, p);
> > +    if (rv != APR_SUCCESS)
> > +        rv = apr_sockaddr_info_get(&s->addrs->host_addr,
> > +                                   NULL, APR_UNSPEC, 0, 0, p);
> >      ap_assert(rv == APR_SUCCESS); /* otherwise: bug or no storage */
> >
> >      s->addrs->host_port = 0; /* matches any port */
>
> Hi Curtis,
>
> Is this patch also relevant if apache22 was build with
> -DWITH_IPV6_V6ONLY ?
>
> --
> olli
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