Bug #110677 for Net-INET6Glue: Not tested with Net::FTP version 3.05

Sun Dec 27 15:19:03 2015 ntyni [...] iki.fi - Ticket created

Subject:

Not tested with Net::FTP version 3.05

This module warns when used with Perl 5.22: % perl -we 'use Net::INET6Glue' Not tested with Net::FTP version 3.05 at /usr/share/perl5/Net/INET6Glue/FTP.pm line 15. somebody else already implements FTP IPv6 support - skipping Net::INET6Glue::FTP

Mon Dec 28 04:56:09 2015 Steffen_Ullrich [...] genua.de - Correspondence added

Am So 27. Dez 2015, 15:19:03, ntyni@iki.fi schrieb: Show quoted text

> This module warns when used with Perl 5.22: > > > % perl -we 'use Net::INET6Glue' > Not tested with Net::FTP version 3.05 at > /usr/share/perl5/Net/INET6Glue/FTP.pm line 15. > somebody else already implements FTP IPv6 support - skipping > Net::INET6Glue::FTP

The goal of Net::INET6Glue::FTP is to provide IPv6 support for older versions of Net::FTP which don't have this support native. Since IPV6 support was added for Net::FTP with versions 3.x Net::INET6Glue::FTP is no longer needed and this is was this message is about.

Mon Dec 28 04:56:09 2015 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Dec 28 04:56:15 2015 Steffen_Ullrich [...] genua.de - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

Wed Dec 30 15:00:26 2015 ntyni [...] iki.fi - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #110677] Not tested with Net::FTP version 3.05
Date:	Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:00:09 +0200
To:	Steffen Ullrich via RT <bug-Net-INET6Glue [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Niko Tyni <ntyni [...] iki.fi>

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 04:56:10AM -0500, Steffen Ullrich via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=110677 > > > Am So 27. Dez 2015, 15:19:03, ntyni@iki.fi schrieb:

> > This module warns when used with Perl 5.22: > > > > > > % perl -we 'use Net::INET6Glue' > > Not tested with Net::FTP version 3.05 at > > /usr/share/perl5/Net/INET6Glue/FTP.pm line 15. > > somebody else already implements FTP IPv6 support - skipping > > Net::INET6Glue::FTP

> > > The goal of Net::INET6Glue::FTP is to provide IPv6 support for older versions of Net::FTP which > don't have this support native. Since IPV6 support was added for Net::FTP with versions 3.x > Net::INET6Glue::FTP is no longer needed and this is was this message is about.

Thanks for your reply. Sure, I can see that Net::INET6Glue::FTP is not necessary any longer. But why does loading Net::INET6Glue need to spit out warnings about that? People might still want the INET_is_INET6 glue even with recent libnet, right? Or has the whole module become obsolete? I'm contemplating patching Net::INET6Glue in Debian to skip loading the FTP glue and only load the INET_is_INET6 one, as we now have a recent enough libnet. Does that make sense to you? -- Niko Tyni ntyni@debian.org

Wed Jan 13 14:49:20 2016 Steffen_Ullrich [...] genua.de - Correspondence added

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> > People might still want the INET_is_INET6 glue even with recent > libnet, right? Or has the whole module become obsolete? > > I'm contemplating patching Net::INET6Glue in Debian to skip loading > the > FTP glue and only load the INET_is_INET6 one, as we now have a recent > enough libnet. Does that make sense to you?

The documentation for Net::INET6Glue states that using this module will include all submodules, so patching Net::INET6Glue would make the module behave different to what originally was intended. If you only want INET_is_INET6 then you should include Net::INET6Glue::INET_is_INET6 only and not Net::INET6Glue. The warning is there because these modules are just an ugly hack to make older modules aware of IPv6 and the hack should be removed as soon one uses a module with native support for IPv6.