From nobody Mon Sep 30 06:02:08 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4XH9T04Jfzz5XpkW for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:02:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from soth.netfence.it (mailserver.netfence.it [78.134.96.152]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mailserver.netfence.it", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4XH9Sz3B2rz4pWn for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:02:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ml@netfence.it designates 78.134.96.152 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ml@netfence.it; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=netfence.it Received: from [10.1.2.18] (alamar.local.netfence.it [10.1.2.18]) (authenticated bits=0) by soth.netfence.it (8.18.1/8.17.2) with ESMTPSA id 48U6280L078159 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:02:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) X-Authentication-Warning: soth.netfence.it: Host alamar.local.netfence.it [10.1.2.18] claimed to be [10.1.2.18] Message-ID: <08504d33-6fa1-435d-a92d-8b463a7f8b07@netfence.it> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:02:08 +0200 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Is INET6 a required option these days? (kernel build failure) Content-Language: en-US To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4E5CBF78-A9AC-4D1C-9D81-CB379C408468@FreeBSD.org> <01A54634-1A79-4B52-96C4-88253725910C@freebsd.org> <20240929161301.2cea8a36@ernst.home> From: Andrea Venturoli In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.75 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.96)[-0.959]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[netfence.it,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:78.134.96.152]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:35612, ipnet:78.134.0.0/17, country:IT]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; HAS_XAW(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; SUBJECT_HAS_QUESTION(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4XH9Sz3B2rz4pWn X-Spamd-Bar: --- On 9/29/24 16:24, void wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 02:13:01PM +0000, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > >> I personally have been using a customized kernel configuration file for >> 25 years or more and I have no intention of changing it. >> >> Just because INET6 shows up in all the boilerplate config files doesn't >> change the fact that INET6 is still an option. > > I've always thought inet6 stuff was needed by some internal processes > even if not explicitly enabled. i tried ages ago disabling it all and > various > things broke inexplicably I agree with Gary. I too have been running for the past 25 years with INET6 disabled and never experienced any trouble that could possibly or remotely be caused by this. bye av.