Bug#474171: libc6-dev: please define ETHERTYPE_IPV6 in /usr/include/net/ethernet.h

[sean finney <seanius@debian.org>]

Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.7-10
Severity: wishlist

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hi,

/usr/include/net/ethernet.h does not have a definition for
ETHERTYPE_IPV6, as is found on some other systems (i.e. freebsd).  the
following lines should resolve the situation:

#ifndef ETHERTYPE_IPV6
#define ETHERTYPE_IPV6 0x86dd
#endif

some context:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=420955
http://www.measurement-factory.com/pipermail/dsc/2007-August/000032.html


thanks,
	sean

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-10     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  linux-libc-dev                2.6.24-5   Linux Kernel Headers for developme

Versions of packages libc6-dev recommends:
ii  gcc [c-compiler]              4:4.2.3-6  The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-3.4 [c-compiler]          3.4.6-7    The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.1 [c-compiler]          4.1.2-21   The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.2 [c-compiler]          4.2.3-3    The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.3 [c-compiler]          4.3.0-2    The GNU C compiler

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