From: Philip Hazel Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:33:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: The comments in OS/Makefile-Default with regard to the IPv6 settings X-Git-Tag: exim-4_61~67 X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff_plain/e37dcd35e34ae144f6f9ddc462dc459d152e4656 The comments in OS/Makefile-Default with regard to the IPv6 settings were completely out-of-date. --- diff --git a/src/OS/Makefile-Default b/src/OS/Makefile-Default index 5e0640568..9f9ff2276 100644 --- a/src/OS/Makefile-Default +++ b/src/OS/Makefile-Default @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $Cambridge: exim/src/OS/Makefile-Default,v 1.1 2004/10/06 15:07:39 ph10 Exp $ +# $Cambridge: exim/src/OS/Makefile-Default,v 1.2 2006/02/10 14:33:26 ph10 Exp $ ################################################## # The Exim mail transport agent # @@ -169,23 +169,16 @@ EXIWHAT_EGREP_ARG=' exim( |$$|-)' EXIWHAT_KILL_SIGNAL=-USR1 -# IPv6 is coming. Exim has experimental support that has been tried out on -# one or two OS. See the file README.IPV6 for the current status of this -# support. Do not set this option unless you are working on IPv6 and know -# what you are doing. As well as the basic enabling option, there are -# parameters for include and library directories that may be needed for IPv6 -# on some systems. +# IPv6 is gradually spreading more and more widely. Most operating systems seem +# to support it nowadays. If you set this option, IPv6 support will be included +# in the Exim binary. As well as the basic enabling option, there are +# parameters for include and library directories that may be needed for IPv6 on +# some systems, where the support is not yet in the standard library. # HAVE_IPV6=YES # IPV6_INCLUDE=-I /usr/ipv6/include # IPV6_LIBS=-L/usr/ipv6/libs -linet6 -# Setting this brings in support for A6 DNS records for IPV6. These are -# now expected to be reduced to "experimental" status by the IETF, so -# the code is omitted by default. - -# SUPPORT_A6=yes - # Exim uses the function getaddrinfo() for converting IPv6 addresses in text # form to binary. Apparently some operating systems do not support this, or not # correctly, and require the use of the function inet_pton() instead. The @@ -196,6 +189,13 @@ EXIWHAT_KILL_SIGNAL=-USR1 # IPV6_USE_INET_PTON=yes +# Setting the next option brings in support for A6 DNS records for IPV6. These +# were at one time expected to supplant AAAA records, but were eventually +# rejected. The code remains in Exim, but has not been compiled or tested for +# quite some time. Do not set this unless you know what you are doing. + +# SUPPORT_A6=yes + # HOSTNAME_COMMAND contains the path to the "hostname" command, which varies # from OS to OS. This is used when building the Exim monitor script only. (See