Re: Vista/IPv6 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: Vista/IPv6
Date
Msg-id 461DE5A4.8090800@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: Vista/IPv6  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
List pgsql-hackers
Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:24:58AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> (FWIW, I had ipv6 on my list of things to make happen, but I didn't
>>> realise it would cause this issue on a machine with ipv6 on it, since
>>> I don't have one)
>> The IPv6 support is finely tuned to deal with all kinds of combinations 
>> of API support, library support, and kernel support, or lack thereof, 
>> on the build system and on the host system.  I suggest that you just 
>> use the logic that we have or emulate it, respectively.  If it doesn't 
>> work, we will find out soon enough.
> 
> The point is still what happens when you distribute a binary built on a
> system with ipv6 to a system that doesn't have it.
> 
> Anyway. It seems reasonably safe, since I can build with ipv6 on my machine
> without the ipv6 driver, and it still works. Dave will have to test if it
> actually works on a machine that *has* ipv6 :-)
> 
> So. Changes applied.

Thanks - I can test a Vista build on a non-ipv6 machine when I'm back in 
the office - possibly tomorrow, certainly Monday.

Regards, Dave


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