On 8/17/22 05:53, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 17 August 2022 13:33:30 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> My LAN server runs net-dns/dnsmasq, which was updated today. When I >> restarted it I got a log entry that said it had been compiled with IPv6 - >> but the only reference to that under /etc/portage is USE=-dnsmasq in >> make.conf. > > Oops! That should have been USE=-ipv6, of course. > It seems upstream removed the ability to disable IPv6 at compile time several years back: https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=ee8750451b49d27b180517a4e35b636be0fae575. Ironic that the author included "I'm sure no-one wants or needs IPv6-free code these days" in the commit message.
I suppose you could file a bug to remove the `ipv6` USE from the dnsmasq ebuild since it no longer does anything. cal
