[Bug libc/11469] No IPv6 option in glibc

["fweimer at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11469

Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from martin barrowcliff <martinbarrowcliff at gmail dot com> ---
Subject: Re:  No IPv6 option in glibc

drepper at redhat dot com wrote:
> ------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2010-04-05 18:30 -------
> IPv6 is needed.  It's trivial to disable any use of it so there is no need at
> all to do anything in glibc.
>
>   
I appreciate your fast reply, and certainly respect your opinion, but 
the issue extends
far beyond glibs. It is viral code.
Indeed, a few people do need ipV6 for corporate networks, however 
Internet use is
very low, and there is doubt if that protocol will ever be accepted 
mainstream.

It is NOT trivial to disable ipv6,  and you of all people should know that.
It is stuck in every linux dist because they all use that same resolver 
library.
Many applications are built with IPv6 enabled if the code is available 
in the libs.
Some have options to disable, some don't. But it is NEVER a requirement.
Being able to choose to enable it should be an option, and not forced on 
the builder.
I certainly didn't mean to insult your code or intelligence.  We are 
still friends, please.

I never had a ipv6 network. Never will.
I have run authoritative DNS servers and resolvers on ipv4 and set them 
to ignore
AAAA requests because I got a lot of that junk and it is just noise if 
you don't need it.
I have methodically disabled all the IPv6 resolver lib functions in my 
hand built OS and I can
assure you;  ipv6 is NOT needed by me, or by any packages I have ever 
built.
I also have considerably faster local networking because of my hacks.
So saying ipv6 is needed does not address this issue properly.
Having read every line of that code, I know the resolver libs are way 
old and need to
be rewritten with an option for IPv6.
I am 60 yrs old but don't for a minute think I can't fix this issue to 
the gratitude
of millions.  But you could do it easier. The ipv6 issue IS a problem 
for ipv4 networks.

Best regards,

Marty B.



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