Paul de Weerd <we...@weirdnet.nl> writes: > On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 05:35:13PM +0200, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas wrote: > | > If you're running on a host without IPv6, why would you want > | > getaddrinfo() to return any IPv6 results? What good would it do to you? > | > | What's a regular OpenBSD host with no IPv6? I'd assume that it is > | a host that can perform IPv6 connections to ::1 / localhost and reach > | its neighbors through link-local addresses. > > Why would you expect to be able to reach your neighbors through > link-local addresses if you have "no IPv6" (which I take to mean 'no > *configured* IPv6', please correct me if I'm wrong here)?
I don't make a big difference between automatically or "manually" configured addresses. They're here and supposed to be usable for whatever purpose, limited only by their intrinsic limitations. > I believe your expectation here is wrong (although it is the current > state of IPv6 on OpenBSD). Can you explain why you disagree? Not really, I'm puzzled by your question. It works and has always worked but I shouldn't expect them to work... > (sorry to hijack the thread, your remark piqued my interest) > > Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd -- jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 E7EE
