Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:53:10 +0200 From: Kristof Provost <kp@freebsd.org> To: Zhenlei Huang <zlei@freebsd.org> Cc: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de>, Ian FREISLICH <ianfreislich@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is INET6 a required option these days? (kernel build failure) Message-ID: <01A54634-1A79-4B52-96C4-88253725910C@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4E5CBF78-A9AC-4D1C-9D81-CB379C408468@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 29 Sep 2024, at 04:46, Zhenlei Huang <zlei@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> On Sep 27, 2024, at 6:07 PM, Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:58:40 -0400 >>> Ian FREISLICH <ianfreislich@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Lately there have been a couple of commits that fail to build because v6 being compiled in despite INET6 being undefined. I think the latest is 905db4aa88775865097714c170f4503da385747c. >>> >>> /usr/src/sys/netpfil/pf/pf.c:8762:38: error: no member named 'icmp6' in 'union pf_headers'; did you mean 'icmp'? >>> 8762 | if (!pf_pull_hdr(m, *off, &pd->hdr.icmp6, icmp_hlen, >>> >>> Ian >>> >> >> This happens now and then because most committers have INET6 enabled and >> they forget that INET6 is an option and not mandatory. > > Kristof is landing lots of commits from upstream ( OpenBSD ), so we need be patient with him ... > There may have been intermittent breakage, although I always try to avoid that, but main currently just works. >> >> I don't have INET6 enabled and have reported a number of problems in the >> source as a result of that. I strongly advise against running non-default configurations. They’re always less tested (and thus more buggy) and harder to support. Only do so if there’s genuinely no alternative. Best regards, Kristofhome | help
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