Re: ppp requires ipv6?

["dE ." <de techno gmail com>]

On 10/16/12 12:17, Tore Anderson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > I recently updated by system to get NetworkManager 0.9.6.0; but there
> > appears to be a new problem/requirement in this version.
> >
> > I've compiled ppp without ip6 support, and NM insists to have it, even
> > when I've disabled ip6 --
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Is this intended or a bug?
> Yes, this is intended. You should compile pppd with IPv6 support. Note
> that that does not mean that IPv6 is required for the connection to
> succeed, it only allows NM to make use of IPv6 connectivity if it's
> provided by the operator to begin with.
>
> Alternatively, you could compile out the support for IPV6CP in NM, by
> removing/uncommenting the following lines from
> src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c:
>
>         /* Allow IPv6 to be configured by IPV6CP */
>         nm_cmd_line_add_string (cmd, "ipv6");
>         nm_cmd_line_add_string (cmd, ",");
>
> (See commit 7575f4d1e451a006e4ddd9cc6caa664ce07df83f.)
>
> Best regards,

Thanks for the response.

Cant this be done via configure script?