IPv6 support

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Re: IPv6 support by mitd (Curate) on Aug 30, 2001 at 01:53 UTC
Simple answer is no not yet. There is no support for PF_INET6/AF_NET6 in Socket.pm but if your OS environment supports it (ie mine does Linux 2.4.x) it would be possible to write your own support modules. I took a quick look around to see if there were any indications when AF/PF_INET6 support would be availble in Socket.pm with no luck mitd-Made in the Dark 'My favourite colour appears to be grey.'	[reply]
Re: Re: IPv6 support by $code or die (Deacon) on Aug 30, 2001 at 05:51 UTC
According to the digest of last weeks p5p mailing list... Jeff Okamoto, a rather excellent HP hacker, announced that unfortunately he's had to stop working on Perl's IPv6 support because he's been laid off and needs a new job. Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.	[reply]
Add IPv6 support for Net::IRC by flocto (Pilgrim) on Aug 30, 2001 at 14:04 UTC
Well, I just wrote the IPv6 support for Net::IRC yesterday since I noticed that it couldn't handle privmsgs from IPv6 users. I don't know if it will work if you use IPv6 yourself, but it's a beginning. I didn't send it to the developers yet but I propably will. Anyways, here it is: `#remove this code from /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Net/IRC/Connecti +on.pm: # this is line 1103 in version 1.3 (1999/08/12) # --SNIPP-- # REPLACE THIS: # $line = substr $line, 1 if $line =~ /^:/; # ($from, $line) = split ":", $line, 2; # ($from, $type, @stuff) = split /\s+/, $from; # WITH: ($from, $type, $line) = $line =~ /^:?(\S+)\s+(\S+).+?:(.+)$/; # --SNAPP--` [download] Hope it helps :) It looks way too simple but it works just fine.. Regards	[reply] [d/l]
Re: IPv6 support by AidanLee (Chaplain) on Aug 30, 2001 at 01:23 UTC
While I don't have your answer, the Net:: suite is mainstream enough that there is probably a mailing list for it somewhere. If not (check first!), the author(s) of the modules in question ought to be able to answer your question.	[reply]