Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:42:27 -0700 From: Nathan KInkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.com> To: Anton Shcherbinin <useperl@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6: how can I get rid of it Message-ID: <20020430214227.0137ef31.nkinkade@dsl-only.com> In-Reply-To: <17231605203.20020430185204@fastmail.fm> References: <743669500.20020427213601@fastmail.fm> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOOEPMCOAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <20020428104538.B83112@wantadilla.lemis.com> <1411696390.20020428231738@fastmail.fm> <20020429133417.1964fb3b.nkinkade@dsl-only.com> <17231605203.20020430185204@fastmail.fm>
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> > since it hasn't been put out yet, might it work to remove IPV6 from > > the kernel altogether by commenting out the follwing line in your > > kernel config file and then recompiling the kernel? I'm running > > 4.5-stable from releng_4_5 and I've had that line commented out for a > > month or two now and haven't seemed to have any problems. then again, > > i never really had any problems when it was there in the first place > > so this point may be irrelevant? > > > options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols > > Thanks for the idea of recompiling, Nathan. > I wish I had no problems too. :( > Though you advised to recompile the kernel, I thought of recompiling > sendmail, ftp(d), telnet(d) and some other programs which are compiled > with something like '-DINET6' option. But I am really a newbie and I do > not know whether I break anything just removing '-DINET6' from several > /usr/src/.../Makefile's and running 'make world' then. > > I would like to have the same system as you have (4.5-STABLE, that is). > Yesterday I run > > # cvsup -h cvsup2.freebsd.org stable-supfile > > where stable-supfile contained the following: > > ================================================== > *default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > *default compress > > src-all > ================================================== > Did I do the right thing? You wrote about '4.5-stable from releng_4_5' > and I am confused now: should I use > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_5 > instead of > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 > ? > > I will have holidays till May 13, but then I hope I'll be able > to *properly* cvsup my sources and recompile them (probably commenting > out '-DINET6' strings in several Makefile's). yes, i believe you did the right thing.....here's more info, though: from: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html RELENG_4 The line of development for FreeBSD-4.X, also known as FreeBSD-STABLE. RELENG_4_5 The release branch for FreeBSD-4.5, used only for security advisories and other seriously critical fixes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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