> Actually, that doesn't have to be such a hassle. Provided a Router > Advertisement Daemon (radvd under Linux) is running for your local > network, the kernel will autoconfigure itself, without userland help; > also, globally-addressable IPv6 addresses are easy to distinguish: if > the IP address starts with 0x3ffe or 0x200, it's globally addressable > (although the first is deprecated, and may disappear soon).
You're right; good news, we don't even need ping decide if ipv6 is present; just load the module. However we might still like to set up DNS (statically, or via DHCPv6, or SLP). For the limited use it will get in d-i, however, (just looking up the IP for the mirrors), we would probably be safe enough hard-coding an IP(v6) address, (ie ask the user on low priority, with a default IPv6) > It's probably better to distinguish using a negative list tha>n to > distinguish using a positive list, though. -ipv6: Isn't it better to say > "if the IP starts with 0xf, or is ::1 it's *not* globally addressable"? I think so. Beannacht, Alastair McKinstry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
