[geeks] QUESTION: why would a program suddenly start using IPv6?

[Caleb Shay]

On 7/6/07, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:43:24 -0400 (EDT)
> der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> wrote:
> > Perhaps you changed something (like libc or the kernel) that's used by
> > svnserve?  (The kernel alone might be enough, if it meant that
> > interfaces that used to have no v6 addresses now do - even if just
> > link-local addresses.)
>
> Nope... I installed FreeBSD 6.1 when I got the machine about a year ago, and
> that's it.  No kernel upgrade except to build my own kernel right after the
> install was done.
>
> I really can't figure this one out.
>

Did a radvd service come up on your network?  I'm not a big FreeBSD
user, but I seem to recall that it will automatically configure IPv6
if it finds a radvd advertising ipv6 routes on your network.

Caleb