ipv6 in use flags

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xsteadfastx · Post by **xsteadfastx** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:54 am

since a few days "emerge -Dupv --newuse world" says to remerge alot of packages with ipv6. It never was before and i dont have it in my use flags....i mean emerge info tells me that i want to use ipv6. did something changed the last days...is it my fault? any knowledge would be awsome

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:54 am

Yes, the same here. Was there a change? Do we really need this ipv6 stuff already and whats the deal with it?

Greets

xsteadfastx · Post by **xsteadfastx** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:39 am

Phlogiston. wrote:Yes, the same here. Was there a change? Do we really need this ipv6 stuff already and whats the deal with it?

Greets

and a other question is if everything will work after it

ryceck · Post by **ryceck** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:00 pm

If u dont like it, just throw -ipv6 in ur use-flags.
As u do with everything u dont want

xsteadfastx · Post by **xsteadfastx** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 1:00 pm

ryceck wrote:If u dont like it, just throw -ipv6 in ur use-flags.
As u do with everything u dont want

is there anything i need specially to do? i mean to use ipv6 or is it safe to use it?

GuidoJ · Post by **GuidoJ** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:00 pm

FWIW, I updated everything with --newuse weeks ago and I have had no problems whatsoever. The only thing I noticed is that my IP address gets prnted in ipv6 format sometimes. Also note that in order to actually use ipv6 you need to build support into the kernel as well.

mhodak · Post by **mhodak** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:29 pm

ipv6 appeared as a new USE flag, since devs added it (along with acl) into some profiles.

le_franck · Post by **le_franck** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:04 am

I left that flag on on 2 different machines and recompiled everything that needed to. I didn't add the support in the kernel, but I don't have any problem to report so far. I'm not sure whether it's really useful (yet) though... At least it's harmless.

Bob Paddock · Post by **Bob Paddock** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:58 am

le_franck wrote:I left that flag on on 2 different machines and recompiled everything that needed to. I didn't add the support in the kernel, but I don't have any problem to report so far. I'm not sure whether it's really useful (yet) though... At least it's harmless.

Alas, it is not harmless, or I would not have been searching for a IPV6 thread to find this one. Having IPV6 set breaks XDM. I just brought up a new system and when I run

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emerge info

I find all kind of USE flags that are NOT in my USE="xxxx" flags in my make.conf file. Where did
these two dozen other USE flags come from? It is easier to put IPV6, that I don't need,
in my kernel than spend two days recompile everything again.

Telling me to set -IPV6 in my flags is absurd, as that means I need to negate every USE flag except
the ones I really want, because I do not know where these mystery flags are coming from.

rhill · Post by **rhill** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:27 am

Bob Paddock wrote:I just brought up a new system and when I run
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emerge info
I find all kind of USE flags that are NOT in my USE="xxxx" flags in my make.conf file. Where did
these two dozen other USE flags come from?

make.defaults - every profile has a default set of USE flags. you edit them as you choose.

It is easier to put IPV6, that I don't need, in my kernel than spend two days recompile everything again.

just put -ipv6 in your make.conf and re-emerge xorg-x11

Telling me to set -IPV6 in my flags is absurd, as that means I need to negate every USE flag except
the ones I really want, because I do not know where these mystery flags are coming from.

yeah, that was a step in the handbook.

try this in your make.conf

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USE="-* bobflag1 bobflag2 etc"

-* will turn off all the "mystery" flags, then you can just add the ones you want after. that's what i do.

cheers
--de.