[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 nickm):

 Replying to [comment:5 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.

 exitconn->begincell_flags is set in connection_exit_begin_conn().

 EXIT_PURPOSE_RESOLVE is supposed to be set in
 connection_exit_begin_resolve().

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