net/mtr broken without ipv6

[Jason Helfman]

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:47 PM, <sib at tormail.org> wrote:

> Hi. I build my custom kernel without IPv6 since I'm not going to be using
> it any time soon. The mtr port doesn't work anymore, no matter what I try.
> It was built with and without the IPv6 option checked in 'make config' and
> I tried with the -4 option so it shouldn't even be using IPv6. I always
> get:
>
> Unable to allocate IPv6 socket for nameserver communication: Protocol not
> supported
>
> What can I do to fix this without enabling a useless (to me) option in my
> kernel and rebuilding?
>
>
This sounds like a potential bug in upstream software.

-jgh

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