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> From: Gary Verchick 


> If IPv6 is not disabled during compile time, does
> cdcc 'IPv6 off'
> provide the same result if done after the fact?

cdcc 'ipv6 off'
is currently more effective than `./configure --disable-IPv6`

The DCC client code is supposed to do the right thing if the operating
system does not support IPv6 although the ./configure probing implies
that it does and `cdcc` has been used to turn on IPv6.  I was blind
sided by Linux systems that have socketAF_INET6) set errno=EINVAL
instead of reasonable a value such as EPFNOSUPPORT or EAFNOSUPPORT. 
I think the next version of the DCC source will do better.

In general you do not want to turn on IPv6 for either DCC servers
(in /var/dcc/flod) or clients (in /var/dcc/map with `cdcc "ipv6 on"`)
unless you really do have IPv6 support.
Many installations that seem to have IPv6 support and connectivity don't.

I would be interested in hearing if users of the public DCC servers
with real IPv6 connections are having any joy.  One of the public
DCC servers should answer.


Vernon Schryver    vjs@rhyolite.com