Re: [lfs-dev] Got static IPv6...

2019-12-10 Thread Joel Bion via lfs-dev
So, to summarize: 1) Allow the syntax for if[up,down] to list multiple interfaces (why not?) 2) For each interface: 2a) process all ifconfig. files - such as ifconfig.eth0, ifconfig.eth0.ipv6 one by one - ignoring both .bak as well as ones ending in ~. 2b) at the end, perform any needed link

Re: [lfs-dev] Got static IPv6...

2019-12-09 Thread DJ Lucas via lfs-dev
On 12/9/2019 4:35 AM, jpb...@westvi.com wrote: Hi - How you want to incorporate IPv6 into LFS is your choice, of course - my goal was to provide a 'nudge' to actually incorporating it, as I think it needs to be included. Nudge accepted. Thank you. :-) For example, I agree that the

Re: [lfs-dev] Got static IPv6...

2019-12-09 Thread Joel Bion via lfs-dev
Hi - How you want to incorporate IPv6 into LFS is your choice, of course - my goal was to provide a 'nudge' to actually incorporating it, as I think it needs to be included. For example, I agree that the /etc/sysconfig/network file is annoying and can be easily ignored. If someone runs into

Re: [lfs-dev] Got static IPv6 working reliably on LFS-running server

2019-12-08 Thread Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev
On 12/8/19 3:35 PM, jpb...@westvi.com wrote: Hint created and sent to hints list OK, I got it. It may take a week or two before I can check it out, but I will post it to the hints repo sooner than that. -- Bruce -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ:

Re: [lfs-dev] Got static IPv6 working reliably on LFS-running server

2019-12-08 Thread DJ Lucas via lfs-dev
On 12/7/2019 9:51 PM, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: On 12/7/19 9:11 PM, Joel Bion via lfs-dev wrote: Hi - This concerns adding static IPv6 support to Linux From Scratch. I worked on this a bit a few years ago, but life got in the way, and I paused all work on this, but over the

Re: [lfs-dev] Got static IPv6 working reliably on LFS-running server

2019-12-08 Thread Joel Bion via lfs-dev
Hint created and sent to hints list On 2019-12-07 19:51, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote: On 12/7/19 9:11 PM, Joel Bion via lfs-dev wrote: Hi - This concerns adding static IPv6 support to Linux From Scratch. I worked on this a bit a few years ago, but life got in the way, and I paused all

Re: [lfs-dev] Got static IPv6 working reliably on LFS-running server

2019-12-07 Thread Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev
On 12/7/19 9:11 PM, Joel Bion via lfs-dev wrote: Hi - This concerns adding static IPv6 support to Linux From Scratch. I worked on this a bit a few years ago, but life got in the way, and I paused all work on this, but over the Thanksgiving break, I finished things up and and have things

[lfs-dev] Got static IPv6 working reliably on LFS-running server

2019-12-07 Thread Joel Bion via lfs-dev
Hi - This concerns adding static IPv6 support to Linux From Scratch. I worked on this a bit a few years ago, but life got in the way, and I paused all work on this, but over the Thanksgiving break, I finished things up and and have things working. My LFS machine is now working fine being a