Bug#178650: mozilla: Won't take an IPv6 link-local address as a valid proxy address

[Mike Hommey]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 04:56:03PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:20:01AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:19:23PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel at mamane.lu> wrote:
> >> Package: mozilla
> >> Version: 2:1.2.1-9
> >> Severity: normal
> 
> >> Go to proxy settings. Put a link-local address literal (like
> >> fe80::210:5aff:fe45:9b17%eth0) for http proxy. Mozilla thinks it is a
> >> hostname to resolve, and not an address literal. Obviously, resolution
> >> fails, and Mozilla says "www.debian.org could not be found. Please
> >> check the name and try again", when trying the load
> >> http://www.debian.org/ (for example).
> 
> >> Consequently, it is impossible to use a proxy listening over an IPv6
> >> link-local address with Mozilla.
> 
> > Could you check if this still occurs with iceape from etch or
> > unstable ?
> 
> It still occurs with iceape 1.1.1-2.

How about Iceape 2.0.x ?

Cheers,

Mike