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-rw-r--r--qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/netutil.py15
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diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/netutil.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/netutil.py
index 50daa87937..bfdef76ad1 100644
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/netutil.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/netutil.py
@@ -137,3 +137,18 @@ def addr_to_hex(addr):
else:
raise ValueError('Could not parse address %s' % addr)
return binascii.hexlify(bytearray(addr))
+
+def test_ipv6_local():
+ '''
+ Check for (local) IPv6 support.
+ '''
+ import socket
+ # By using SOCK_DGRAM this will not actually make a connection, but it will
+ # fail if there is no route to IPv6 localhost.
+ have_ipv6 = True
+ try:
+ s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+ s.connect(('::1', 0))
+ except socket.error:
+ have_ipv6 = False
+ return have_ipv6