On Thursday, 18 August 2022 03:58:43 BST cal wrote: > On 8/17/22 05:53, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Wednesday, 17 August 2022 13:33:30 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> Hello list, > >> > >> My LAN server runs net-dns/dnsmasq, which was updated today. When I > >> restarted it I got a log entry that said it had been compiled with IPv6 - > >> but the only reference to that under /etc/portage is USE=-dnsmasq in > >> make.conf. > > > > Oops! That should have been USE=-ipv6, of course. > > It seems upstream removed the ability to disable IPv6 at compile time > several years back: > https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/? p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=ee8750451b49d27b1 > 80517a4e35b636be0fae575. Ironic that the author included "I'm sure no-one > wants or needs > IPv6-free code these days" in the commit message.
Interesting. I see that was nearly four years ago, and I've only just noticed. > I suppose you could file a bug to remove the `ipv6` USE from the dnsmasq > ebuild since it no longer does anything. Perhaps. Thanks for finding this, Cal. -- Regards, Peter.
