[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

Charles-François Natali added the comment: Should be fixed now, thanks. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 1d8effd379c3 by Charles-François Natali in branch '2.7': Issue #16836: Enable IPv6 support even if IPv6 is disabled on the build host. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1d8effd379c3 New changeset d5df9ed118c5 by Charles-François Natali in branch '3.2

[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: LGTM. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.

[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

Changes by Charles-François Natali : -- nosy: +loewis ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://ma

[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

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[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

Charles-François Natali added the comment: Here's a patch, tested with ipv6.disable=1. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +neologix Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file28549/ipv6config.diff ___ Python tracker ___

[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

Ralf Schmitt added the comment: > Would you want to provide a patch for this? No, sorry. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-li

[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Indeed, I think the runtime check is misguided. If the system provides the required APIs for AF_INET6, then IPv6 support should be enabled regardless of whether the current system config allows to create an IPv6 socket or not. Would you want to provide a patch

[issue16836] configure script disables support for IPv6 on a system where IPv6 is disabled

New submission from Ralf Schmitt: The configure script uses a runtime check to determine if IPv6 is working. If IPv6 is disabled system-wide via a kernel option on linux, the resulting python interpreter is compiled as if "--disable-ipv6" had been passed to the configure script. This causes m