[tor-bugs] #8380 [Tor]: DNS A records returned when asking for AAAA

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#8380: DNS A records returned when asking for AAAA
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 Reporter:  dhill                                       |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                                      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                                      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor                                         |        Version:  Tor: unspecified  
 Keywords:  DNSPort dns ipv6 tor-client 024-deferrable  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                                              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by ln5):

 While testing #8475 (by trying to connect to ipv6.google.com using a
 chutney network running master) I found out that
 set_exitconn_info_from_resolve() won't return an IPv6 address unless
 either exitconn->base_.purpose == EXIT_PURPOSE_RESOLVE or
 exitconn->begincell_flags & BEGIN_FLAG_IPV6_OK != 0.

 The former doesn't seem to happen when trying to connect and the
 latter doesn't, from grepping code, seem to ever happen.

 Commits 2889bd26 and 0f899518 seem to be the relevant ones
 implementing this. I don't really understand the reason for the
 is_resolve logic (and more). If Nick can spot an error here, great! if
 not, I'll try ot wrap my head around this at a later time.

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