[BUG] Won't start without ipv6 stack with default config

Describe the bug

trying to run chia-blockchain without an ipv6 stack doesn’t work I did not find a way to override the bound address in the config EDIT: config workaround that works for me

/usr/share/chia-blockchain/app.asar.unpacked/daemon
true
Error loading config - using defaults
startUrl file:///usr/share/chia-blockchain/app.asar/build/renderer/index.html
/usr/share/chia-blockchain/app.asar.unpacked/daemon
true
/usr/share/chia-blockchain/app.asar.unpacked/daemon
true
Running python executable: 
child process success
(node:16229) electron: The default of contextIsolation is deprecated and will be changing from false to true in a future release of Electron.  See https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23506 for more information
No cert
Have cert
stderr: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "chia/daemon/server.py", line 954, in <module>
  File "chia/daemon/server.py", line 950, in main
  File "chia/daemon/server.py", line 944, in run_daemon
  File "asyncio/base_events.py", line 616, in run_until_complete
  File "chia/daemon/server.py", line 936, in async_run_daemon
  File "chia/daemon/server.py", line 137, in start
  File "websockets/server.py", line 965, in __await_impl__
  File "asyncio/base_events.py", line 1463, in create_server
OSError: [Errno 99] error while attempting to bind on address ('::1', 55400, 0, 0): cannot assign requested address
[16275] Failed to execute script server
closing code: 255

nothing is using the port as shown by:

❯ sudo ss -tulpn | grep :55400

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Disable ipv6 (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IPv6#Disable_IPv6)
2. Run chia-blockchain

Expected behavior Work, or at least allow to specify an ipv4 address to bind to

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Linux
• OS Version/Flavor: 5.11.13-arch1-1/Arch

[frederikheld]

This seems to be a known issue in some way. The chia-docker repository shows the workaround: https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-docker/blob/main/entrypoint.sh

Line 20:

sed -i 's/localhost/127.0.0.1/g' ~/.chia/mainnet/config/config.yaml

Replacing all references to localhost with it’s IPv4 loopback address 127.0.0.1 in config.yml prevents it from being resolved to IPv6 ::1.

This fixed the issue for me.

One question remains though: is it a bug or is it a feature?

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