File openssh-7.6p1-X_forward_with_disabled_ipv6.patch of Package openssh.18131

# HG changeset patch
# Parent  28370dbd73f8dc216cd732703e10dd3f8a30d7b0
Do not throw away already open sockets for X11 forwarding if another socket
family is not available for bind()

Index: openssh-7.6p1/channels.c
===================================================================
--- openssh-7.6p1.orig/channels.c	2019-03-12 14:33:57.495374866 +0100
+++ openssh-7.6p1/channels.c	2019-03-12 14:38:35.816933438 +0100
@@ -4444,6 +4444,13 @@ x11_create_display_inet(struct ssh *ssh,
 				debug2("%s: bind port %d: %.100s", __func__,
 				    port, strerror(errno));
 				close(sock);
+				/* do not remove successfully opened sockets if
+				 * the request failed because the protocol
+				 * IPv4/6 is not available (e.g. IPv6 may be
+				 * disabled while being supported)
+				 */
+				if (EADDRNOTAVAIL == errno)
+    					continue;
 				for (n = 0; n < num_socks; n++)
 					close(socks[n]);
 				num_socks = 0;
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