If an application can be made to handle the absence of IPv6
	automatically, then it really should - in the same way as it
	should be able to handle IPv6 only installations.

		David/absolute
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On Sun, 7 May 2000, Frank van der Linden wrote:

> On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 11:53:07AM -0700, Jonathan Stone wrote:
> > Errr, no, we must *not* assume Ipv6. Default configuration files must
> > continue to work on IPv4-only systems.
> 
> We should assume whatever's in GENERIC. If you go through the trouble of
> editing out the INET6 option of your config file, it's not unreasonable
> to expect that you might have to edit a few more config files. After
> all, INET6 is scheduled to be the default in the future.
> 
> What should not happen is binaries failing without having the option to
> tell them about your non-v6 kernel via a config file, of course.
> 
> - Frank
>