Use inet_ntop(), thanks to pavelo for telling me about this

src/linux.cc

@@ -347,6 +347,21 @@ void print_gateway_ip(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 	snprintf(p, p_max_size, "%s", gw_info.ip);
 }
 
+u_int8_t hextobyte(const char in[2]) {
+	u_int8_t out=0;
+	char currentchar;
+
+	for(int i=0; i<2; i++) {
+		currentchar=in[i];
+		if(currentchar <= '9') currentchar -= '0';
+		else if(currentchar <= 'A') currentchar -= 'A' - 10;
+		else currentchar -= 'a' - 10;
+		out<<=4;
+		out+=currentchar;
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
 int update_net_stats(void)
 {
 	FILE *net_dev_fp;
@@ -590,7 +605,8 @@ int update_net_stats(void)
 				lastv6->next = (struct v6addr *) malloc(sizeof(struct v6addr));
 				lastv6 = lastv6->next;
 			}
-			strncpy(lastv6->addr, v6addr, 32);
+			for(int i=0; i<16; i++)
+				lastv6->addr.s6_addr[i]=hextobyte(v6addr+2*i);
 			lastv6->netmask = netmask;
 			switch(scope) {
 			case 0:	//global

src/net_stat.cc

@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ void print_v6addrs(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 {
 	struct net_stat *ns = (struct net_stat *)obj->data.opaque;
 	char *current_char = p;
+	char tempaddress[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 	struct v6addr *current_v6 = ns->v6addrs;
 
 	if (!ns)
@@ -248,37 +249,9 @@ void print_v6addrs(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 		return;
 	}
 	while(current_v6) {
-		char extracompress = 0;	//0 until the first '0000', 1 after the first '0000', 2 after the first non-'0000' after a '0000'
+		inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &(current_v6->addr), tempaddress, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
-		for(int i=0; i<8; i++) {	//loop trough the 8 parts of the ipv6
+		strcpy(current_char, tempaddress);
-			//skip the zeros in front of each part
+		current_char+=strlen(current_char);
-			int j=0;
-			while(j<4) if(*(current_v6->addr+(i*4)+j) == '0') j++; else break;
-			if(j==4) {
-				if(*(current_v6->addr+(i*4)+3) == '0') {	//4 zeros
-					switch(extracompress) {
-					case 0:	//first time this happens, so replace by '::'
-						*current_char = ':';
-						current_char++;
-						if(current_char == p+1) {	//to make sure there is no ':::' when the first '0000' isn't at the beginning
-							*current_char = ':';
-							current_char++;
-						}
-						extracompress=1;
-						continue;
-					case 1:	//again, ignore them, they are included in the '::'
-						continue;
-					default: //again, but only remove the first 3 zero's because extra-compression may no longer be applied
-						j=3; //but if there are 4 zero's, keep the last
-					}
-				} else j=0;	//no zeros to skip
-			}
-			if(extracompress == 1) extracompress = 2;
-			//place each part followed by : in the ip
-			strncpy(current_char, current_v6->addr+(i*4)+j, 4-j);
-			*(current_char+4-j)=':';
-			current_char+=5-j;
-		}
-		current_char--;
 		//netmask
 		if(ns->v6show_nm) {
 			char netmaskstr[5]; //max 5 chars (/128 + null-terminator)

src/net_stat.h

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #ifdef BUILD_IPV6
 struct v6addr {
-	char addr[32];
+	struct in6_addr addr;
 	unsigned int netmask;
 	char scope;
 	struct v6addr *next;