Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:06:43 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Kamichoff <prox@prolixium.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIND9 built w/--disable-ipv6 on 8.1-STABLE Message-ID: <4C98F433.6070506@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20100921114300.GB16298@prolixium.com> References: <20100919183721.GA17616@prolixium.com> <20100919185528.GA28845@prolixium.com> <4C97E15D.7070304@FreeBSD.org> <20100921114300.GB16298@prolixium.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 9/21/2010 4:43 AM, Mark Kamichoff wrote: | On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 03:34:05PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: |> | Although, that still does beg the question, |> |> No, it doesn't. :) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beg_the_question | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beg_the_question#Modern_usage Yes, especially the last bit, "Usage commentators have deemed using the term in this way to be incorrect." :) |> | why don't we want IPv6 enabled by default on new BIND installations? |> |> It has to do with whether or not IPv6 support is compiled into the |> FreeBSD base system which is compiling BIND. If the configure option |> is set to enable but there is not the proper support in the base, then |> Bad Things(TM) happen. However, the way that it is set up now if the |> binaries are running on a system that has IPv6 support then that is |> detected, and you can use it if you choose. If the binaries are |> running on a system without IPv6 support, no harm, no foul. | | I see, that makes sense. However, as IPv6 becomes more widely used | (perhaps quite far in the future, when folks are turning /off/ IPv4), it | might need revisiting. If I'm still alive when IPv6 is the norm and IPv4 is the exception, I promise to give it another look. :) Doug - -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJMmPQzAAoJEFzGhvEaGryEH+cH/1FV/oNnpFR82oQRG9QVV6GJ d1L4uNLcDEDTKsIboFS5oECQaO0H4lZL3OMmfUCXISg3+ZvbIW4tms/HKdXCi+Ks f4sCgRWWCuyOv/yg/FL4asUQXGwA1ESaIv4d34ZthAqbjWdE4cXb0Kwwhkllpcu/ B1ph4xyXZ71apxxSGzC1ZOppwtCTamwj/o0OgEnIrBHkPyiXL2FI7Ozo5vIt2HoN /Q5UDAB1fwd80pVcEY6Rw2wbgNmthgv4fa6HtchqscqA2PgpuqO7+0JbuE7zkik2 Ktf54uaMUQU4eWWGBIFVsZDy/uUSezlaQEsAFwsSM6WUcBkSBEMomwQwANMw+qM= =jN1T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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