On 09/09/2011 05:56 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 08:51:28PM -0400, Stéphane Graber wrote:
Oneiric will probably be the first Ubuntu release with proper IPv6
support. Our current implementation doesn't include rdnssd by
default and won't as it's a bit late in the cycle.
I think it's probably the right thing to do, but yes, it's a bit late
for Oneiric.
The installer code actually already attempts to install rdnssd if you
seem to need it; that is effectively disabled because rdnssd is in
universe. However, moving it to main would require adjusting the rdnssd
merge-hook so that it works properly when you don't have resolvconf -
possibly mostly reverting to the upstream version?
I'd think the next steps to get rdnssd by default for Ubuntu Server
would be to make sure ifupdown can use it properly, check that it
won't conflict with dhclient v4 and dhclient v6 and then have it
included on the server builds (all the others should come with
Network Manager).
That server/desktop discrepancy is going to be a pain to handle.
Indeed, though as it's currently we can't install it on a system that's
also running Network Manager as the two will react to the exact same
netlink event.
I'm not too familiar with rdnssd but I guess our best bet would be to
configure/modify it not to use resolvconf and not to start as a daemon.
We could then have ifupdown call it when configuring an ipv6 interface
using SLAAC which would be compatible with systems running Network Manager.
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Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
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