[PATCH] Allow compile without IPv6.

Kay Sievers kay.sievers at vrfy.org
Wed Sep 8 08:01:50 PDT 2010


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 16:36, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
<barbieri at profusion.mobi> wrote:
> This patch isolates code using IPv6, AF_INET6 and in6 usage inside
> '#ifdef HAVE_IPV6' blocks.

I think new projects from 2010 should not have ipv4-only. This time
should be over, finally. And people should get used to see ipv6
everywhere, and we should try to break the chicken-egg thing wherever
possible. :)

I can see the use for a systemd without any IP networking, but
compiling-out ipv6 seems like the wrong thing to me. Sure, we should
make sure, that systemd handles a kernel without ipv6 gracefully, but
not offer a switch to stay in the IP stone age. :)

Kay


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