On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 14:21 +0200, Darren Reed wrote:
> Sebastien Roy wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 14:49 +0300, Stoyan Angelov wrote:
> >   
> > ...
> >> i have been using dual-stack 
> >> configuration for a long time but now i want to have pure ipv6 machine.
> >> is this possible ?
> >>     
> >
> > Yes, simply don't configure any IPv4 addresses.  Note that you should
> > keep the IPv4 loopback address, as local applications may depend on
> > being able to use it.
> >   
> 
> Should we be filing bugs against any applications (or libraries) that
> don't work with only IPv6 addresses configured?

Yes, absolutely.

> This would include NIS/DNS, etc, all being configured for/with IPv6...
> 

Yes, although NIS and DNS both work with and over IPv6.  If not, then
something has been recently broken, and a bug should be filed
regardless.

-Seb


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