From c539d9df124a66f07edbae2bc51177a0f756cc95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 11:07:41 +0000
Subject: daemon: favor Socket.pm in Perl 5.14+ for IPv6

Users on Perl 5.14+ are common, so we can try the bundled Socket
(not "Socket6") module before attempting Socket6 for IPv6.
---
 INSTALL                   |  3 ++-
 lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a89c8907..ce2f8c91 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ Numerous optional modules are likely to be useful as well:
                                rpm: perl-Socket6
                                (pulled in by SpamAssassin and Net::Server,
                                 only necessary if using IPv6 with
-                                Plack::Middleware::AccessLog or similar)
+                                Plack::Middleware::AccessLog or similar
+                                on Perl <= 5.12)
 
 On Fedora systems, you'll probably also end up wanting
 perl-Test-HTTP-Server-Simple, perl-Devel-Peek, and perl-IPC-Run to run the
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
index 033dd98a..48051f48 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Daemon.pm
@@ -236,16 +236,23 @@ sub sockname ($) {
 
 sub unpack_ipv6 ($) {
 	my ($addr) = @_;
+	my ($port, $host);
 
-	# TODO: support IO::Socket::IP which comes with Perl 5.24
-	# (perl-modules-5.24 in Debian)
+	# Socket.pm in Perl 5.14+ supports IPv6:
+	eval {
+		($port, $host) = Socket::unpack_sockaddr_in6($addr);
+		$host = Socket::inet_ntop(Socket::AF_INET6(), $host);
+	};
 
-	# SpamAssassin and Net::Server use Socket6, so it may be installed
-	# on our system, already (otherwise die):
-	require Socket6;
+	if ($@) {
+		# Perl 5.12 or earlier?  SpamAssassin and Net::Server use
+		# Socket6, so it may be installed on our system, already
+		# (otherwise die here):
+		require Socket6;
 
-	my ($port, $host) = Socket6::unpack_sockaddr_in6($addr);
-	$host = Socket6::inet_ntop(Socket6::AF_INET6(), $host);
+		($port, $host) = Socket6::unpack_sockaddr_in6($addr);
+		$host = Socket6::inet_ntop(Socket6::AF_INET6(), $host);
+	}
 	($host, $port);
 }
 
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