#868729 radvdump should also work with ipv4 and not just ipv6

Package:
radvdump
Source:
radvd
Description:
dumps Router Advertisements
Submitter:
shirish शिरीष
Date:
2020-11-21 21:45:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#868729#5
Date:
2017-07-18 01:12:15 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,
While I/we know that ipv4 address space is almost gone and ipv6 is the
new shiny thing (even though it has been for many years) in terms of
deployment it is still slow amd would probably be for some years.

I tried to run radvdump and got this -

[$] sudo radvdump
                                                             [6:00:01]
[Jul 18 06:00:10] radvdump (15547): can't create socket(AF_INET6):
Address family not supported by protocol
open_icmpv6_socket: Address family not supported by protocol

Could you fix it so that ipv4 is also supported. It would be a long
time (decades) still till ipv6 becomes permanant/persistent address
leased.
#868729#10
Date:
2017-07-18 01:37:57 UTC
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To:
Control: severity -1 wishlist

Seen the bugreport.

I'm in doubt if it is a reasonable request.

For now lowering the severity to 'wishlist'




Groeten
Geert Stappers
DD
Maintainer of radvd
#868729#17
Date:
2020-11-21 21:43:18 UTC
From:
To:
Control: tag -1 wontfix


I do understand the wish for radvdump as highly optimized network
sniffer for router advertisements.
But I wouldn't be spending any resouces on the request.


Bugreport now marked as  won't be fixed.


Regards
Geert Stappers