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On Thursday, 18 August 2022 03:58:43 BST cal wrote: |
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> On 8/17/22 05:53, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday, 17 August 2022 13:33:30 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> >> Hello list, |
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> >> My LAN server runs net-dns/dnsmasq, which was updated today. When I |
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> >> restarted it I got a log entry that said it had been compiled with IPv6 - |
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> >> but the only reference to that under /etc/portage is USE=-dnsmasq in |
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> >> make.conf. |
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> > Oops! That should have been USE=-ipv6, of course. |
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> It seems upstream removed the ability to disable IPv6 at compile time |
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> several years back: |
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> https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/? |
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p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=ee8750451b49d27b1 |
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> 80517a4e35b636be0fae575. Ironic that the author included "I'm sure no-one |
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> wants or needs |
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> IPv6-free code these days" in the commit message. |
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Interesting. I see that was nearly four years ago, and I've only just noticed. |
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> I suppose you could file a bug to remove the `ipv6` USE from the dnsmasq |
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> ebuild since it no longer does anything. |
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Perhaps. Thanks for finding this, Cal. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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