Re: Vista/IPv6

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