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Re: [v6ops] Our IPv6-only home network and future experiments

Vasilenko Eduard <vasilenko.eduard@huawei.com> Mon, 15 April 2024 07:37 UTC

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From: Vasilenko Eduard <vasilenko.eduard@huawei.com>
To: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Our IPv6-only home network and future experiments
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1. libc is for "C". Hence, the compilation is mandatory.
2. I assume that it would be a new function in the library. Hence, code change and compilation are mandatory.

Then why not to change the application to just support IPv6.
Ed/
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From: Gert Doering <gert@space.net> 
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To: Vasilenko Eduard <vasilenko.eduard@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Our IPv6-only home network and future experiments

Hi,

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 07:03:54AM +0000, Vasilenko Eduard wrote:
> The initiative looks strange for me.
> It has an assumption that some *old* application insists to use IPv4 and this application *could not be changed* to use IPv6 properly. 
> Then you propose to introduce new functions into libc that helps to support IPv4.
> But then you need to re-compile and re-write the application to support this new functionality.
> Sorry but if it is possible to change application then it is better to change it to support IPv6 natively.

Shared libraries exist...

Gert Doering
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have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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