Re: Bug#205588: etherconf clobbers correct localhost setting
[debian-devel, please see:
http://bugs.debian.org/205588 ]
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 04:52:14PM +0100, Tony Hoyle wrote:
> > Can you suggest a canonical method of querying the Linux
> > kernel from userspace as to whether it supports IPv6?
>
> Do an 'ifconfig lo' and see if it has an inet6 addr line
> You can also see if ipv6_addr_type is in /proc/ksyms,
> or see if /proc/sys/net/ipv6 exists.
[...]
> You could do an ifup handler a bit like the way resolv.conf gets rewritten
> sometimes... whether that's a cure worse than the problem though I'm not sure
> (I'm not keen on dynamic rewriting of configuration myself).
I wonder if the best approach wouldn't be to have a shared template that
all packages can use:
shared/ipv6_support_desired
This would be a boolean type; if "true", it indicates that he wants
packages to do whatever they can to support IPv6 networking.
Of course, it's still up to the user to ensure he has a kernel that can
do IPv6. Packages should probably not try to second-guess the user's
answer to the above question.
Debian-devel, how about it? Is it a bad idea to try and standardize on
a shared template for this?
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