patch to apache for IPv6 only httpd

Olli Hauer ohauer at FreeBSD.org
Sun Aug 12 22:25:22 UTC 2012


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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