Re: ipv6 enabled pppd ?

[Mika Liljeberg <Mika.Liljeberg@welho.com>]

Get the debian PPP source package and compile it with IPv6 enabled. For
some reason the maintainer is not doing that, even though it works fine.

Regards,

	MikaL

Jerome Petazzoni wrote:
> 
> I have setup a PPP/SSH VPN, and I wanted to enable IPV6
> on this VPN. But it looks like debian pppd does not support
> ipv6! I'm using package 2.4.0f-1, manpage reports ipv6
> options, but pppd says "unrecognized option" when I try
> an ipv6 related option, and "grep -i v6 /usr/sbin/pppd"
> gives an empty output.
> 
> Is ipv6 support disabled because nobody really needs it,
> or is there a technical reason ?
> 
> btw, mandrake pppd does not seem to be ipv6 aware, neither
> (I could not run it, but I tried to grep the binary for
> the "v6" string, and it gave me nothing).
> 
> thanks by advance.
> 
> (if you answer to the list, please CC: me, as I'm not -
> yet - subscribed. thanks!)
> 
> Jerome Petazzoni <skaya@enix.org>
> 
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