Re: ipv6 related warnings

Dag-Erling Smørgrav schrieb am 2009-09-28:
> Andriy Gapon <avg_at_icyb.net.ua> writes:
> > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no> writes:
> > > No, you can build a *kernel* without IPv6, just not userland.
> > > Parts
> > > of userland will respect WITHOUT_INET6, others won't, and others
> > > yet
> > > will build but not run correctly.
> > So shouldn't those disrespecting parts of userland be fixed?

> Why?  In most (userland) cases, it takes more work to write code that
> supports IPv4 but not IPv6 than to write code that supports both.

> > Besides, returning to the original post, those messages weren't
> > there
> > just a few days ago, this is a new addition.

> ...if by "just a few days" you mean "two weeks".  If this really is
> "a
> new addition", it dates back to one of hrs_at_'s commits on 2009-09-13.
> However, the most likely cause of the OP's problem is incorrect use
> of
> mergemaster.  If he did indeed run "mergemaster -p" and "mergemaster
> -i", but nothing more, his /etc is completely out of sync.

mergemaster -p and mergemaster -i aren't sufficient to sync /etc with
/usr/src/etc? but that's what UPDATING recommends.

alex

> DES