does anyone have a more indepth description of function?

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 10:48 AM beaker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Lucifer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:16 PM beaker <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > [email protected] (MLH) wrote:
> > >
> > > > It appears that some of the pkgsrc distfiles now are only available
> > > > via ipv6 servers but how do you set ipv4_prefer mode so ipv6 attempts
> > > > don't prevent normal ipv4 operation?
> > > >
> > > > setting
> > > > ip6addrctl_policy="ipv4_prefer"
> > > >
> > > > in rc.conf doesn't change to normal ipv4 mode first as the
> > > > documentation (and other references) appear to claim.
> > >
> > > Try setting "ip6addrctl=YES" as well.
> > >
> > What is ip6addrctl?
>
> It's mentioned in rc.conf(5):
>
>  "ip6addrctl    Boolean value.  Fine grain control of address and
>                 routing priorities."
>
> I *think* it's akin to having to enable cruise control before you
> can set a particular speed preference.
>
> -B
>


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