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+The gethostbyname4() lookup method is problematic since it fires out both
+the A and AAAA DNS queries in parallel and over the same socket. This
+should work in theory, but it turns out that many cheap DSL modems and
+similar devices have buggy DNS servers - if the AAAA query arrives too
+quickly after the A query, the server will generate only a single reply
+with the A query id but returning an error for the AAAA query; we get
+stuck waiting for the second reply.
+
+For gethostbyname4() users affected, disabling IPv6 in the system might
+work around the issue, unfortunately it only helps with applications
+using AI_ADDRCONFIG (e.g. Firefox); some (notably e.g. Pidgin) neglect
+to do that.
+
+Real fix should be using separate ports for the A and AAAA queries.
+
+--- resolv/Versions 2008-08-02 10:26:09.000000000 +0200
++++ resolv/Versions 2008-12-08 12:51:53.000000000 +0100
+@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ libnss_dns {
+ _nss_dns_gethostbyname_r; _nss_dns_getnetbyaddr_r;
+ _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r; _nss_dns_getcanonname_r;
+ _nss_dns_gethostbyaddr2_r;
+- _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r;
++# _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r;
+ }
+ }
+