ppa.launchpad.net not accessible via IPv6

[John Leach]

ppa.launchpad.net is used for ppa repositories but it's not IPv6 enabled:

$ dig -t aaaa ppa.launchpad.net

; <<>> DiG 9.9.3-rpz2+rl.13214.22-P2-Ubuntu-1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1.1 <<>> -t aaaa ppa.launchpad.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27044
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ppa.launchpad.net. IN AAAA

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.1.1#53(127.0.1.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 04 17:01:34 GMT 2014
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 35

Any chance this can get fixed (as per #241305 :)

[Sander Steffann (sander-steffann)]

I am running multiple labs on an IPv6-only network. The only service I really need that does not work in this environment is Launchpad. While it would be technically possible to set up a proxy server or a NAT64 box, this would not be without cost for me. Besides that: I am involved with many ISPs and enterprises that are looking at the usability of IPv6-only networks, and this is a blocker.

I would really appreciate it if Launchpad would be reachable over IPv6.

Especially since e.g. even Facebook is working on IPv6-only data centres these days (https://www.dropbox.com/s/8n8txdzy38yclj6/day_2_7_paul_saab.pdf). IPv6 is necessary for production use.

[Christian Lox (lox-j)]

Same here.
And should be really easy to fix.....

[Thiago Martins (martinx)]

Please, fix this! Enable ppa.launchpad.net over IPv6...

[Frode Nordahl (fnordahl)]

+1

[smecsia (smecsia-2)]

+1

[T Jeske (t-jeske)]

As a workaround in the meantime, you can use SixXS' IPv4-to-IPv6 tunneling service by appending .sixxs.org to ppa.launchpad.net: ppa.launchpad.net.sixxs.org. While this doesn't force launchpad to finally switch to IPv6-enabled infrastructure, it means that you can at least use it from your IPv6-only stations. Also, if a considerable amount of traffic will be coming from SixXS from now on, they might realize the need for updating their network setup!

[mpw (matthiaspeterw)]

The ipv6.sixxs.org-trick doesn't work anymore. I don't know why, but it doesn't:

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[Stefan Fleischmann (sfleischmann)]

sixxs.net shut down service last year.

Is it really so difficult to get dualstack IPv4/IPv6 in 2018?

[Thomas Aichinger (taich)]

After 5 years this issue is still open, please