[gentoo-user] Link-local ipv6 address in /etc/hosts? in browsers?

[Grant Edwards]

How do you specify a link-local ipv6 address in /etc/hosts?

For example, I can ping/telnet/ssh to fe80::02c0:4eff:fe07:0005%eth1,
but I can't figure out how to put that address in /etc/hosts so I can
access it by name.

Similarly, how do you enter an ipv6 link-local address in Firefox or
Opera?  curl seems to accept such an address and return the proper web
page, but I can't find any interactive browser (graphical or
command-line) that will accept a link-local address.  So far I've
tried Firefox Opera w3m links. According to RFC2732 it looks like the
format should be

 http://[fe80::02c0:4eff:fe07:0005%eth1]:80/

But none of the browsers accept that.
 
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