Fabio Massimo Di Nitto writes:
 > 
 > I didn't check/produce any code but the easiest way to implement in linux
 > is something like (if the user does not specify --nolisten):
 > 
 > bind to ipv6
 > if it works ok
 > otherwise fail silently
 > bind to ipv4
 > if it works ok
 > otherwise fail with error message.
 > 
 > specifing --nolisten the "fail" conditions might change their behaviour.
 > 
 > This is basically what i did when i first tried the ipv6 kame patch for X.
 > 

The Xserverallows one or more protocols to fail unless the -nopn 
option is given. You are pretty much suggesting to make this 
option the default with allowing ipv6 to fail silently.

That's possible. I'd like to hear more opinions on that.

Egbert.

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