[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

[Steve McIntyre]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 12:44:48AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>
>I've tried this now. It's slightly problematic, as wicd tries to ping
>the gateway it's given to validate connectivity. By using the local v4
>address as the gateway too, that defeats this check. Then wicd keeps
>the network interface up. Beyond that, I can't say much - I'm not
>getting much useful networking beyond that but that's possibly my
>network setup... :-/

Sussed that bit - I didn't have rdnssd installed. With that added, and
the static v4 hack, I get working networking on my test network at
home.

Back to the v6 hacking in the code now... :-)

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve at einval.com
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