Darren Reed writes:
> James Carlson wrote:
> > ...
> > Since then, projects (such as sendmail) have integrated changes that
> > depend on IPv6 loopback being plumbed all of the time, and you'll get
> > ugly errors on the console if you remove it.  (I'm not sure if those
> > errors imply actual problems; I haven't spent much time investigating
> > it.)
> >   
> 
> That's disturbing.
> I know people that like to run "IPv4 only" systems and some that like to run
> "IPv6 only" systems. Changes like this will automatically disqualify 
> Open/Solaris
> as a contender for use in such environments.

It shouldn't be disturbing.  We're only talking about the IPv6
loopback interface.  You don't have to have any real IPv6 interfaces
in use, and thus no actual IPv6 in your network.

It should still work fine in IPv4-only networks.  Such, say, the
SWAN.  :-/

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