[distcc] IPv6 support in distccd?

[Andre-John Mas]

Hi,

Is there any reason IPv6 support is not enabled by default? I am thinking more aligns, are what is the negative impact if it is?

Andre

On 9-Jun-2011, at 14:44, Fergus Henderson wrote:

> You need to configure distcc with --enable-rfc2553 for IPv6 support.
> 
> Then the syntax should be just standard IPv6 address syntax,
> e.g. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR_notation.
> 
> The relevant function is dcc_parse_mask() in src/access.c (and dcc_check_address()).
> 
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Vanush Misha <misha at cs.nuim.ie> wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I couldn't figure out how to use IPv6 addresses with the --allow option
> of distccd. It is not documented at all. I don't want to use avahi
> zeroconf option, just want to allow a single IPv6 IP address to
> connect. I thought I ask on this list before diving into the source
> codes.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Misha.
> 
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> Computer Science Department
> NUI Maynooth
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