Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:13:01 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@gmx.de> To: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is INET6 a required option these days? (kernel build failure) Message-ID: <20240929161301.2cea8a36@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <01A54634-1A79-4B52-96C4-88253725910C@freebsd.org> References: <4E5CBF78-A9AC-4D1C-9D81-CB379C408468@FreeBSD.org> <01A54634-1A79-4B52-96C4-88253725910C@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:53:10 +0200 Kristof Provost <kp@freebsd.org> wrote: > > 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 becaus= e v6 being compiled in despite INET6 being undefined. I think the latest i= s 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, icm= p_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 ne= ed be patient with him ... > > > There may have been intermittent breakage, although I always try to avoi= d 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 al= ways less tested (and thus more buggy) and harder to support. > > Only do so if there?s genuinely no alternative. > 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. =2D- Gary Jennejohn
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