bpo-24209: In http.server script, rely on getaddrinfo to bind to preferred address based on the bind parameter. (#11767)

In http.server script, rely on getaddrinfo to bind to preferred address based on the bind parameter.

As a result, now IPv6 is used as the default (including IPv4 on dual-stack systems). Enhanced tests.

Lib/http/server.py

@@ -1224,24 +1224,34 @@ class CGIHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
                 self.log_message("CGI script exited OK")
 
 
+def _get_best_family(*address):
+    infos = socket.getaddrinfo(
+        *address,
+        type=socket.SOCK_STREAM,
+        flags=socket.AI_PASSIVE,
+    )
+    family, type, proto, canonname, sockaddr = next(iter(infos))
+    return family, sockaddr
+
+
 def test(HandlerClass=BaseHTTPRequestHandler,
          ServerClass=ThreadingHTTPServer,
-         protocol="HTTP/1.0", port=8000, bind=""):
+         protocol="HTTP/1.0", port=8000, bind=None):
     """Test the HTTP request handler class.
 
     This runs an HTTP server on port 8000 (or the port argument).
 
     """
-    server_address = (bind, port)
+    ServerClass.address_family, addr = _get_best_family(bind, port)
-
-    if ':' in bind:
-        ServerClass.address_family = socket.AF_INET6
 
     HandlerClass.protocol_version = protocol
-    with ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass) as httpd:
+    with ServerClass(addr, HandlerClass) as httpd:
-        sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
+        host, port = httpd.socket.getsockname()[:2]
-        serve_message = "Serving HTTP on {host} port {port} (http://{host}:{port}/) ..."
+        url_host = f'[{host}]' if ':' in host else host
-        print(serve_message.format(host=sa[0], port=sa[1]))
+        print(
+            f"Serving HTTP on {host} port {port} "
+            f"(http://{url_host}:{port}/) ..."
+        )
         try:
             httpd.serve_forever()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -1254,7 +1264,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('--cgi', action='store_true',
                        help='Run as CGI Server')
-    parser.add_argument('--bind', '-b', default='', metavar='ADDRESS',
+    parser.add_argument('--bind', '-b', metavar='ADDRESS',
                         help='Specify alternate bind address '
                              '[default: all interfaces]')
     parser.add_argument('--directory', '-d', default=os.getcwd(),

Lib/test/test_httpservers.py

@@ -1118,21 +1118,63 @@ class MiscTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 class ScriptTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def mock_server_class(self):
+        return mock.MagicMock(
+            return_value=mock.MagicMock(
+                __enter__=mock.MagicMock(
+                    return_value=mock.MagicMock(
+                        socket=mock.MagicMock(
+                            getsockname=lambda: ('', 0),
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch('builtins.print')
+    def test_server_test_unspec(self, _):
+        mock_server = self.mock_server_class()
+        server.test(ServerClass=mock_server, bind=None)
+        self.assertIn(
+            mock_server.address_family,
+            (socket.AF_INET6, socket.AF_INET),
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch('builtins.print')
+    def test_server_test_localhost(self, _):
+        mock_server = self.mock_server_class()
+        server.test(ServerClass=mock_server, bind="localhost")
+        self.assertIn(
+            mock_server.address_family,
+            (socket.AF_INET6, socket.AF_INET),
+        )
+
+    ipv6_addrs = (
+        "::",
+        "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334",
+        "::1",
+    )
+
+    ipv4_addrs = (
+        "0.0.0.0",
+        "8.8.8.8",
+        "127.0.0.1",
+    )
+
     @mock.patch('builtins.print')
     def test_server_test_ipv6(self, _):
-        mock_server = mock.MagicMock()
+        for bind in self.ipv6_addrs:
-        server.test(ServerClass=mock_server, bind="::")
+            mock_server = self.mock_server_class()
+            server.test(ServerClass=mock_server, bind=bind)
             self.assertEqual(mock_server.address_family, socket.AF_INET6)
 
-        mock_server.reset_mock()
+    @mock.patch('builtins.print')
-        server.test(ServerClass=mock_server,
+    def test_server_test_ipv4(self, _):
-                    bind="2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334")
+        for bind in self.ipv4_addrs:
-        self.assertEqual(mock_server.address_family, socket.AF_INET6)
+            mock_server = self.mock_server_class()
-
+            server.test(ServerClass=mock_server, bind=bind)
-        mock_server.reset_mock()
+            self.assertEqual(mock_server.address_family, socket.AF_INET)
-        server.test(ServerClass=mock_server,
-                    bind="::1")
-        self.assertEqual(mock_server.address_family, socket.AF_INET6)
 
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-02-06-01-40-55.bpo-24209.awtwPD.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+In http.server script, rely on getaddrinfo to bind to preferred address based on the bind parameter. Now default bind or binding to a name may bind to IPv6 or dual-stack, depending on the environment.