Mihir Luthra wrote:
>Hi Rick,
>Rick wrote:
>>Although I'll admit it isn't something I am particularily fond of, FreeBSD 
>>likes
>>utilities to build/work with only one of ipv4/ipv6.
>>To do this, "#ifdef INET" and "#ifdef INET6" is applied to the code and the
>>Makefile is tweaked to define one or both of these.
>>(You can look at usr.sbin/nfsuserd for an example of this.)
>
>Yes I see. Although I was thinking, wouldn't it be better if we can take a 
>flag via >getopts for ipv6/ipv4 if the machine supports both with macro guards 
>around >too?
bz@ is the guy to ask. I've cc'd him.

>Btw, these protocols are old Sun Microsystems ones without any published
>RFC, so what is "correct" is difficult to determine. I suppose the Open
>Solaris sources is the best protocol specification. (Interop. testing with 
>Linux
>would be nice, since Linux is the "defacto standard" now.)
>
>Good luck with it, rick
>
>Thanks for the tips,
>Mihir
rick
_______________________________________________
freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list
https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Reply via email to