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authorAlexander Barton <alex@barton.de>2024-01-15 22:14:15 +0100
committerAlexander Barton <alex@barton.de>2024-01-16 22:32:33 +0100
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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outdated in 2024.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.
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@@ -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