[arch-general] IPv6 causing wget/curl to hang for a long time?

[Oon-Ee Ng]

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Martti Kühne <mysatyre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  wget -O -i icanhazip.com
>>> --2011-06-05 18:28:04--  http://icanhazip.com/
>>> Resolving icanhazip.com... 2001:470:1f10:d57:feed:beef:cafe:d00d, 50.56.84.181
>>> Connecting to icanhazip.com|2001:470:1f10:d57:feed:beef:cafe:d00d|:80...
>>> failed: Connection timed out.
>>> Connecting to icanhazip.com|50.56.84.181|:80... connected.
>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>>> Length: 16 [text/plain]
>>> Saving to: “-i”
>>>
>
> btw the -O flag expects a filename, I guess you have some file called
> "-i" lying around somewhere... :)
>
Yes, I already deleted it =). No file editor wants to look at it,
funnily enough =p

So if I disable ipv6 will I lose connectivity on june 8th? Don't
really know too much about what's being changed exactly, just that its
being tested for 24 hours.