Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:37:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Vadim Goncharov <vadim_nuclight@mail.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 required for SCTP in 7.0? Message-ID: <slrnfssqf6.30l3.vadim_nuclight@hostel.avtf.net> References: <slrnfsq3nt.1qi3.vadim_nuclight@hostel.avtf.net> <200803041307.m24D7uqE057842@drugs.dv.isc.org>
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Hi Mark Andrews! On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:07:56 +1100; Mark Andrews wrote about 'Re: INET6 required for SCTP in 7.0?': >>>> I'm not interested in enabling support for IPv6 for now. >>>> >>>> When I remove INET6 from the kernel configuration, I cannot compile the >>>> kernel without disabling SCTP. With fresh 7.0-STABLE source, here's the >>>> error output (INET6 disabled, but SCTP enabled): >>> Yes, INET6 is (currently) required if you enable SCTP. >> >> Will it be fixed? Any time soon? > It would be better to remove the option all together. IPv6 > is no longer a protocol under development. There is no > need to make it optional any more. Having it there really > sends the wrong signal. I strongly disagree. I want to keep my machines without IPv6 as long as possible due to protocol (not implementation) architectural bugs. -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:vadim_nuclight@mail.ru [Moderator of RU.ANTI-ECOLOGY][FreeBSD][http://antigreen.org][LJ:/nuclight]
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