Stoyan Angelov writes: > James Carlson wrote: > > Stoyan Angelov writes: > >> i have configured the zones in question that way, however i thought the > >> ipv4 loopback address could be removed. > > > > No. There are applications that depend on it. (Why would you want to > > remove it anyway? At best, it seems cosmetic.) > > hi James, > > i am building a small ipv6 lab using zones/crossbow and wanted to go > pure/native ipv6 as far as i can. cosmetic - on second place :)
If you don't have any v4 addresses configured other than 127.0.0.1, then you're as "pure IPv6" as I can imagine being useful. Such a configuration will have no way to send or receive any IPv4 packets on the wire. I think you're talking about an academic exercise, and I'm not sure why it'd be useful or what it would prove. As Sebastien Roy pointed out, it's not supported, and you'd have to remove the loopback interface manually at each boot. I suppose it's possible, but don't be surprised if you end up with broken applications and strange behavior. Communication over 127.0.0.1 is effectively just an IPC. In order to be pure IPv6, do we need to remove other IPCs such as AF_UNIX as well? > >> also the interactive installer refuses to continue if you don't specify > >> a correct ipv4 address. should this be considered a bug ? > > > > Which installer would that be? I suspect you're referring to SXCE or > > older. There's nobody working on that installer because it's due to > > be replaced by OpenSolaris. You could file a bug, but it'll be > > ignored and/or closed. > > yes i am talking about SXCE's installer. i am using the latest build > available - 115. I'd expected that, as that's the only installer I know of that has such a question built into it. The installer you're using is effectively dead, as is the distribution itself. The current work is being done on the OpenSolaris distribution, which has a completely different installer, and _no_ bugs or RFEs are being fixed in the old installer. (Unless, of course, they happen to affect S10.) You can always file a bug at bugs.opensolaris.org, but it almost certainly won't change the installer's behavior. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[email protected]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
