ports/138517: cvsup.uk.freebsd.org not responsive over IPv6, AAAA record should go

[Niels Bakker]

>Number:         138517
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       cvsup.uk.freebsd.org not responsive over IPv6, AAAA record should go
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 04 01:10:04 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Niels Bakker
>Release:        7.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
$ host cvsup.uk.freebsd.org
cvsup.uk.freebsd.org is an alias for cvsup3.uk.freebsd.org.
cvsup3.uk.freebsd.org is an alias for sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk.
sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk has address 131.111.8.41
sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk has IPv6 address 2001:630:200:8080:20e:cff:fe09:a69c
sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk mail is handled by 7 sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk.

# csup -h cvsup.uk.freebsd.org /etc/supfile
Cannot connect to 2001:630:200:8080:20e:cff:fe09:a69c: Operation timed out
Connected to 131.111.8.41

I've pinged the network maintainer months ago requesting IPv6 access be restored to that machine but it hasn't been picked up in that organisation by the responsible person.

(My IPv6 connectivity works fine, I've tried this from several networks, traceroute6s [traceroutes6?] get all the way into ja.net and fail after a few hops in their network.)
>How-To-Repeat:
Use any network traffic tool like ping6
>Fix:
1) Remove AAAA from DNS;
2) Bug admins to reinstate IPv6 connectivity to that host;
3) Re-add AAAA record to DNS.

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