dhcpcd-discuss

On 04/12/2017 15:57, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 04/12/2017 09:57, Roger James wrote:
> > Thank you for the quick response. I was hoping the noipv6 option would 
> > do the kernel parameters stuff for me. It would seem reasonable that 
> > telling dhcpcd that I do not want ipv6 on an interface should be 
> > interpreted that all the necessary actions to fully disable it should 
> > be taken, including setting kernel parameters.
>
> Then we would need another knob to say "don't do IPv6 and disable kernel 
> parameters" as the current knob just turns off IPv6 in dhcpcd.
>
> > I had not read the man page closely enough.
> >
> > " noipv6  Don't attmept to configure an IPv6 address." sic.
> >
> > I was interpreting noipv6 as "disable ipv6 on this interface 
> > completely". I still think it is confusing that if you tell dhcpcd 
> > that you do not want ipv6 addresses, that you still end up with ones 
> > configured by the kernel.

Oddly enough I was just bitten by this myself, so I may reconsider my 
stance on this. Need to thing it through some more.

Roy