net/mtr broken without ipv6

[Jason Helfman]

On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 9:32 AM, <Lena at lena.kiev.ua> wrote:

> > > > 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
>
> > > Downgrade the mtr port to mtr-nox11-0.82_1.
>
> > > I update ports tree with `portsnap` and use `svn export`
> > > (devel/subversion port) for downgrading a single port.
>
> > I don't see how downgrading will fix it unless this is a newly introduced
> > bug
>
> It is. 0.82 works, 0.84 doesn't.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mtr/+bug/1130561
>
> Good to see they are aware of it, and seeking a fix.


> > however you can also use ports-mgmt/portdowngrade.
>
> portdowngrade also uses subversion, but not "export".
> I suspect that combination of portdowngrade with portsnap can cause
> problems.
>
> Nothing has changed between cvs and svn. It is my understanding, and
findings, that portsnap doesn't care either way and will clobber any
changes that don't match the distributed portsnap snapshots.

-jgh
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