Bug#432227: gdm: getaddrinfo fails when ipv6 is enabled

[Ely Levy]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.18.2-1
Severity: important



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0 by Linux-Systeme
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21.3mos-3 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.103            Add and remove users and groups
ii  ctwm [x-window-manager] 3.7-3            Claude's Tab window manager
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.13           Debian configuration management sy
ii  enlightenment [x-window 1:0.16.7.2-5     The Enlightenment Window Manager
ii  eterm [x-terminal-emula 0.9.4.0debian1-2 Enlightened Terminal Emulator
ii  fvwm [x-window-manager] 1:2.5.21-1       F(?) Virtual Window Manager, versi
ii  gksu                    2.0.0-4          graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session           2.18.2-2         The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-termi 2.14.2-2         The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  icewm [x-window-manager 1.2.30-1         wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emu 4:3.5.7-1        X terminal emulator for KDE
ii  kwin [x-window-manager] 4:3.5.7-1        the KDE window manager
ii  libart-2.0-2            2.3.19-3         Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.18.0-2         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                1:2.4.32-1.1     Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                   2.5-11           GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2               1.4.6-1.1        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.1.1-1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.73-2           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdmx1                 1:1.0.2-2        X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1          2.4.2-1.2        generic font configuration library
ii  libglade2-0             1:2.6.1-1        library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.12.12-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0       2.14.0-3         A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.10.13-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules          0.79-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime          0.79-4           Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                0.79-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.16.4-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                1.10-3           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2              2.16.1-2         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common         2.16.1-2         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1             2.0.15-2         SELinux shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                7.6.dbs-13       Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                2:1.1.1-1        X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                 1:1.0.3-2        X11 authorisation library
ii  libxcursor1             1:1.1.8-2        X cursor management library
ii  libxdmcp6               1:1.0.2-2        X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                1:1.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3              1:4.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                  1:1.0.1-4        X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1            1:1.0.2-1        X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                 2.6.29.dfsg-1    GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2              2:1.2.1-1        X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1             1:0.9.2-1        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  lsb-base                3.1-23.1         Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-mana 1:2.18.5-1       A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  twm [x-window-manager]  1:1.0.3-2        Tab window manager
ii  xbase-clients           1:7.2.ds2-2      miscellaneous X clients
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manager 4.4.1-1          window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emula 226-1            X terminal emulator

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  gdm-themes                    0.5.1      Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail                      0.52.2-10  Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  zenity                        2.18.2-1   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

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