Compiling from source with --enable-ipv6

Ondrej Filip feela at network.cz
Sun Mar 8 20:16:07 CET 2015


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On 8.3.2015 19:49, Anand Buddhdev wrote:

Hi Anand!
Yes, you are right. Bird is just for IPv4 and bird6 is just for
IPv6. We are currently working on integrated version of bird as this
is necessary for IS-IS implementation. But this is planned for
version 2.0. (And we hope to release it quite soon as majority of
the work is done.)

			Ondrej

> I'm trying to build BIRD from sources. If I build without any
> options, then I end up with a binary called "bird" and its
> associated control programs, "bird" and "birdcl". This build is
> only capable of IPv4. So far I understand it.
> 
> If I configure with the option --enable-ipv6, and build it, I end
> up with the binary "bird6", and the control programs, "birdc6"
> and "birdcl6".
> 
> My question is: is bird6 only able to handle IPv6, or will it
> also handle IPv4?
> 
> If it will only handle IPv6, then I would need both bird and
> bird6. Is there any way to get the build process to build both
> bird and bird6 without having to "make clean" and reconfigure?
> 
> Is there any reason why a single bird binary won't just handle
> both IPv4 and IPv6?
> 
> The documentation isn't clear about any of this, and could do
> with some improvement.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Anand
> 

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