Yes, use Net::IP instead.

#!/pro/bin/perl

use 5.018003;
use warnings;

use Net::IP;
use Socket             qw(AF_INET AF_INET6 inet_ntop inet_pton);
use Data::Validate::IP qw(is_ipv4 is_ipv6);

my $ip = $ARGV[0] or die "usage: $0 IP\n";

say "Using Net::IP";
if (my $nip = Net::IP->new ($ip)) {
    say "IP*";
    my $bip = pack "B*" => $nip->binip ();
    if (length ($bip) == 4) {
        say join "." => unpack "C*"  => inet_pton (AF_INET,  $ip);
        }
    else {
        say join ":" => map { sprintf "%04x", $_ }
                        unpack "S>*" => inet_pton (AF_INET6, $ip);
        }
    }
say "";

say "Using Data::Validate::IP";
if (is_ipv4    ($ip)) {
    say "IPv4!";
    say join "." => unpack "C*"  => inet_pton (AF_INET,  $ip);
    }
elsif (is_ipv6 ($ip)) {
    say "IPv6!";
    say join ":" => map { sprintf "%04x", $_ }
                    unpack "S>*" => inet_pton (AF_INET6, $ip);
    }
else {
    die "Not a valid ip: $ip\n";
    }

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->

$ test.pl 192.168.14.5
Using Net::IP
IP*
192.168.14.5

Using Data::Validate::IP
IPv4!
192.168.14.5

$ test.pl 0203:3564:a5a5:0001:1234:4321:abcd:fdba
Using Net::IP
IP*
0203:3564:a5a5:0001:1234:4321:abcd:fdba

Using Data::Validate::IP
IPv6!
0203:3564:a5a5:0001:1234:4321:abcd:fdba

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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re: Pack ipv4 ipv6 to bin by Tux
in thread Pack ipv4 ipv6 to bin by AlexP

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