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| author | Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de> | 2024-01-15 22:14:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de> | 2024-01-16 22:32:33 +0100 |
| commit | ccb0cf3170047d7bf372c9a43c4a6dfee1228126 (patch) | |
| tree | 3545d5f8c18e0e2843ccc0c70c71a1c249863a33 | |
| parent | 00dc9d284564f1c05026120d2d72c580a1705a05 (diff) | |
| download | ngircd-ccb0cf3170047d7bf372c9a43c4a6dfee1228126.tar.gz ngircd-ccb0cf3170047d7bf372c9a43c4a6dfee1228126.zip | |
Autodetect support for IPv6 by default
Until now, IPv6 support was disabled by default, which seems a bit outdated in 2024. Note: You still can pass "--enable-ipv6" or "--disable-ipv6" to the ./configure script to forcefully activate or deactivate IPv6 support.
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.md | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ng | 26 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 56d79e6d..3d4ddcf2 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ ngIRCd 27 + - Autodetect support for IPv6 by default: Until now, IPv6 support was disabled + by default, which seems a bit outdated in 2024. Note: You still can pass + "--enable-ipv6"/"--disable-ipv6" to the ./configure script to forcefully + activate or deactivate IPv6 support. - Update config.guess and config.sub to recent versions - Remove the unmaintained contrib/MacOSX/ folder: this includes the Xcode project as well as the outdated macOS "Package Maker" configuration. The diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index b5ad20ed..28b1da33 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -353,11 +353,12 @@ standard locations. Enable support for SSL/TLS using OpenSSL or GnuTLS libraries. See `doc/SSL.txt` for details. -- IPv6: +- IPv6 (autodetected by default): - `--enable-ipv6` + `--enable-ipv6` / `--disable-ipv6` - Adds support for version 6 of the Internet Protocol. + Enable (disable) support for version 6 of the Internet Protocol, which should + be available on most modern UNIX-like operating systems by default. ## Configuration diff --git a/configure.ng b/configure.ng index ff376a50..195e4067 100644 --- a/configure.ng +++ b/configure.ng @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # # ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon -# Copyright (c)2001-2014 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors +# Copyright (c)2001-2024 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -639,18 +639,24 @@ if test "$x_ircplus_on" = "yes"; then fi # enable support for IPv6? -x_ipv6_on=no + +x_ipv6_on=yes AC_ARG_ENABLE(ipv6, - AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ipv6], - [enable IPv6 protocol support]), - if test "$enableval" = "yes"; then x_ipv6_on=yes; fi + AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-ipv6], + [disable IPv6 protocol support (autodetected by default)]), + [ if test "$enableval" = "no"; then + x_ipv6_on=no + else + AC_CHECK_FUNCS( + [getaddrinfo getnameinfo],, + AC_MSG_ERROR([required function missing for IPv6 support!]) + ) + fi + ], + [ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getaddrinfo getnameinfo],, x_ipv6_on=no) + ] ) if test "$x_ipv6_on" = "yes"; then - # getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() are optional when not compiling - # with IPv6 support, but are required for IPv6 to work! - AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \ - getaddrinfo getnameinfo \ - ],,AC_MSG_ERROR([required function missing for IPv6 support!])) AC_DEFINE(WANT_IPV6, 1) fi |