[systemd-devel] networkd failure with ipv6.disable=1

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 1:26 PM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"
<johannbg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 05/10/2015 10:07 PM, Mark Oteiza wrote:
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> Hi,
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> In 219, systemd.networkd fails to configure and set up links with ipv6
> disabled.
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> Propably better to use ipv6.disable_ipv6=1 which will will keep the IPv6
> stack functional but wont assign any IPv6 addresses but I have to ask what's
> the usecase for disabling ipv6 in the first place?
>
> Is it because of the "I dont use it hence I disable it" mentality or is it
> due to some issues in networkd you have encountered with it?
>

I had issues with accessing some sites with IPv6 enabled. Not everyone
lives in shiny new world and IPv6 support from providers can be quite
buggy.