Jochen Antesberger wrote: > I noticed that ntpdate somewhat randomly connects to my ntpd by either > IPv6 or V4, instead of prefering IPv6 when availabe. I guess it just > gets the DNS records in random order and/or selects one randomly. That > is probably desired within one address family (RR records) but it > should keep AAAA and A apart and do the random selection from each > group. IPv6 should be preferred of course to facilitate the > transition, just as it is done by most IPv6 aware applications.
Which IP address is returned from name resolution is decided somewhere between your C library and the DNS server. You should probably start debugging this elsewhere. I doubt ntpdate is at fault, especially so since the results are random rather than only of one kind. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
