From: snacktime <snacktime@...>
Date: 2006-10-30T12:01:29+09:00
Subject: Re: ipv6 connection attempted before ipv4

On 10/29/06, Garance A Drosehn <drosihn@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/29/06, snacktime <snacktime@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/29/06, snacktime <snacktime@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I've noticed that when using net/http, and probably with any ip/udp
> > > socket connection, it attempts to connect via ipv6 and when that fails
> > > it falls back to ipv4.  Is this due to the underlying socket library
> > > on freebsd, or is it a ruby issue?
> >
> > Forgot to mention this was when using 'localhost' instead of
> > 127.0.0.1.  For anyone else testing clients/servers on freebsd, don't
> > use 'localhost', use 127.0.0.1.
>
> It has to do with the order of 'localhost' lines in the /etc/hosts file.

Ah I didn't even notice that.  Makes sense now.