Re: ping acting strangely on 13.3
- Reply: Andrea Venturoli : "Re: ping acting strangely on 13.3"
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:12:21 UTC
On 11/03/2024 8:18 pm, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > On 3/10/24 22:42, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: >> Andrea, you mentioned commenting "options INET6" from the kernel, but >> do you also have WITHOUT_INET6 in /etc/src.conf, as this will take >> care of userland? It might help to review the ref below. If not, then >> you probably need to add it and perform a "make world". >> >> Ref: man src.conf | col -b | grep -A3 -iE "INET6|IPV6" >> >> Regards, Dewayne. >> > > Hello and thanks for answering. > > Is this officially needed? > That would be a problem, since I build world on one single box, then > install on different boxes which might have INET6 or not in the kernel. > > If it's compulsory, I'll see what I can do, but I find it strange, since > I never used this before (and I still don't with 14.0). > > bye > av. > A quick read of /usr/src/sbin/ping/main.c looks like it may depend on the resolution order, though this isn't my area of expertise. However it is consistent that if the OS doesn't support a protocol (because INET6 is commented out) then the userland applications should be expected to misbehave when the missing part is sought.