On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:00:35 +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Hendrik Sattler <p...@hendrik-sattler.de> [100409 20:21]: > > Actually not. They'll just assume that binding the port first for IPv4, then > > for IPv6 will work. Eventually, they'll be surprised that it fails elsewhere > > (notably those that stick to the _documented_ default value). > > As already noted, there are already systems with another default but with a > > specific reason for such a choice. I don't see such a reason for Debian > > Making life less miserable for those using ipv4 (which is still the vast > majority of people) is some reason.
This has exactly nothing to do with the default value of bindv6only. If anything, setting it to 1 by default makes things worse for v4-only setups. Cheers, Julien
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