From 2ed8b31a1133d4e25b78dce44f5f1c95abbc4e7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Sorg <jay.sorg@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 01:31:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6

---
 common/os_calls.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/os_calls.c b/common/os_calls.c
index ea122552..af54facf 100644
--- a/common/os_calls.c
+++ b/common/os_calls.c
@@ -542,16 +542,24 @@ g_tcp_connect(int sck, const char *address, const char *port)
     * available IPv4-mapped addresses in case the target
     * host does not have a true IPv6 address:
     */
+    p.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+    p.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
 #if !defined(NO_ARPA_INET_H_IP6)
     p.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG | AI_V4MAPPED;
     p.ai_family = AF_INET6;
+    if (g_strcmp(address, "127.0.0.1") == 0)
+    {
+        res = getaddrinfo("::1", port, &p, &h);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        res = getaddrinfo(address, port, &p, &h);
+    }
 #else
     p.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
     p.ai_family = AF_INET;
-#endif
-    p.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
-    p.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
     res = getaddrinfo(address, port, &p, &h);
+#endif
     if (res > -1)
     {
         if (h != NULL)