> Could anyone tell me whether any attempts have been made to add IPv6
> support to libwww? I am interested in this since I recently took a
> look at the w3c validator and discovered that it does not support IPv6
> address. The cause is apparently limitations in LWP.

> If no attempt has been made thus far, are there any people interested
> in making the necessary changes?

> Andre

> > Hi,

> > Could anyone tell me whether any attempts have been made to add IPv6
> > support to libwww? I am interested in this since I recently took a
> > look at the w3c validator and discovered that it does not support IPv6
> > address. The cause is apparently limitations in LWP.

> > If no attempt has been made thus far, are there any people interested
> > in making the necessary changes?

> > Andre

> I have started looking at the changes that need to be made, but I am
> not a Perl expert. The changes I have been making are relative to
> 5.808. So far I have made basic modifications, which I have made
> available here:

> http://ajmas.twilightparadox.com/misc/libwww-perl-5.808%2bipv6.tgz

> The changes are basically replacing references to IO::SOCKET::INET
> with IO::SOCKET::INET6. There are still a few outstanding issues,
> where IPv6 is not handled correctly. For example the url function in
> the file:

>   lib/HTTP/Daemon.pm

> When this is complete libwww will require  IO::SOCKET::INET6 as a
> dependency, but the library transparently handles IPv4, so it does not
> seem to be much of an issue.

> Any further improvements would be appreciated.

> Andre