On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 10:48, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > Offhand from IRC discussions I believe we need: > > (1) ensure wget in busybox (-cvs?) is built with IPv6 support. > (2) choose-mirror works sensibly to select IPv6 mirrors > (3) (bigger) netcfg tries IPv6, tries to autoconfig > (ping local net?) if this works, sets a debconf flag so that > choose-mirror, etc. select from IPv6 hosts.
Actually, that doesn't have to be such a hassle. Provided a Router Advertisement Daemon (radvd under Linux) is running for your local network, the kernel will autoconfigure itself, without userland help; also, globally-addressable IPv6 addresses are easy to distinguish: if the IP address starts with 0x3ffe or 0x200, it's globally addressable (although the first is deprecated, and may disappear soon). It's probably better to distinguish using a negative list than to distinguish using a positive list, though. -ipv6: Isn't it better to say "if the IP starts with 0xf, or is ::1 it's *not* globally addressable"? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
