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

[Mike Hommey]

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 ?

Thanks

Mike