INET6 required for SCTP in 7.0?

[Mark Andrews]

> Hi Xin LI! 
> 
> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:50:33 -0800; Xin LI wrote about 'Re: INET6 required fo
> r SCTP in 7.0?':
> 
> >> I'm not interested in enabling support for IPv6 for now. 
> >> 
> >> When I remove INET6 from the kernel configuration, I cannot compile the 
> >> kernel without disabling SCTP. With fresh 7.0-STABLE source, here's the 
> >> error output (INET6 disabled, but SCTP enabled):
> > Yes, INET6 is (currently) required if you enable SCTP.
> 
> Will it be fixed? Any time soon?

	It would be better to remove the option all together.  IPv6
	is no longer a protocol under development.  There is no
	need to make it optional any more.  Having it there really
	sends the wrong signal.

	Mark
 
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